Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
OTTO VON BISMARCKOnly a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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Politics ruins the character.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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