Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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