The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
OTTO VON BISMARCKOnly a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Politics ruins the character.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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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 journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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