Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Great men have great dogs.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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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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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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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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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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