Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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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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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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