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 BISMARCKNever believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics ruins the character.
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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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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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