Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNo civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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 before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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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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Politics ruins the character.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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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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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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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