Hounds follow those who feed them.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics ruins the character.
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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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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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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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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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