What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhen you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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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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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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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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 have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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