A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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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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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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