I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics is the art of the possible.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Politics ruins the character.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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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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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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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