I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics ruins the character.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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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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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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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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