The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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Great men have great dogs.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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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 really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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