Great men have great dogs.
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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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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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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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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