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.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics 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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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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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 sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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