All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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