I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
OTTO VON BISMARCKHistory is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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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 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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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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