History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics is the art of the possible.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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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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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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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Politics ruins the character.
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Great men have great dogs.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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