Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
OTTO VON BISMARCKGreat men have great dogs.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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 am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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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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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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