The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
OTTO VON BISMARCKI am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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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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Great men have great dogs.
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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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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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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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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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