The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPreventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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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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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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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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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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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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Great men have great dogs.
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