I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
OTTO VON BISMARCKI have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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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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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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