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.
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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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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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Politics is the art of the possible.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Politics ruins the character.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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