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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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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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 before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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 am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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