When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics ruins the character.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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 bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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 medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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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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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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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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