Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
OTTO VON BISMARCKI consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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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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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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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