I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
OTTO VON BISMARCKAnyone 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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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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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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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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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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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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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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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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