A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWe Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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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 bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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