It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitical judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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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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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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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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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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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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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Great men have great dogs.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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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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Politics is not an exact science.
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