Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
OTTO VON BISMARCKLaws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Great men have great dogs.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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