Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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 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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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