Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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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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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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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