A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhen you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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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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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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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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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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