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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

Otto von Bismarck

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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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