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.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWith a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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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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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Politics is the art of the possible.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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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 conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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