Hounds follow those who feed them.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWe Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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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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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Great men have great dogs.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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