It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPeople never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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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Great men have great dogs.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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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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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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