Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
OTTO VON BISMARCKBeware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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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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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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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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Politics is not an exact science.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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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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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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Politics ruins the character.
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