A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe main thing is to make history, not to write it.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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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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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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