A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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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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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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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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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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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