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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.

Otto von Bismarck

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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Control Event Float Man Steer
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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Blood Decision Iron Majority Question Settle Speech
The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Future Nation School
We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Fear God World
Politics ruins the character.
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Character One Liner Politics Ruin
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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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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Choose Course Government Right
With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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Fraud Gentleman Society
What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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History Learning
A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Army Border Conquer Eloquence
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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History Writing
I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Consideration Endeavor Evil Nation Spare Victory War
A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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Design Execution Generosity Greatness Humanity Man Moderation Success
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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Die Eyes Soldier Start War
Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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Cancer Government Law Politics
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Appeal Country Fear Heart
I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Deceive Finding Truth
It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Destiny Strong Weakness Wisdom
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Fools Philosophy Truth World
Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Blind Friendship Love Notice
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Believe Deny Official Politics
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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Agree Carry Intention Practice Principle
A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Call Journalist Mistake Person
Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Except Eyes People Wep
A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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Execution Planning Poor Result Yield
People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Election Hunt Lie People War

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