Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPreventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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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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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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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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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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