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.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPeople never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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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 generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Politics ruins the character.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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