There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPreventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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Politics ruins the character.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Great men have great dogs.
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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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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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