There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitical judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Politics ruins the character.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is 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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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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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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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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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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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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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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