Politics ruins the character.
OTTO VON BISMARCKAnyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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