People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhen you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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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 secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Great men have great dogs.
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