The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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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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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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