I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics 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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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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 before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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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