Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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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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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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