People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
OTTO VON BISMARCKI have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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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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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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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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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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