Hounds follow those who feed them.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWe Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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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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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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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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