Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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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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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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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