Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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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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