A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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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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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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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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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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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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