The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWe Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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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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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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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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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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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