People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Politics ruins the character.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Great men have great dogs.
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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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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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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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