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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

Otto von Bismarck

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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Future Nation School
A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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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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Politics is not an exact science.
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Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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Agree Carry Intention Practice Principle
A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Call Journalist Mistake Person
I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Bore Done
People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Election Hunt Lie People War
Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Caution Freedom One Liner Peace
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Country Politics Secret
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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Country Expression Speak
A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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Execution Planning Poor Result Yield
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Believe Deny Official Politics
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Except Eyes People Wep
I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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