The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
OTTO VON BISMARCKMan cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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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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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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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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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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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Great men have great dogs.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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