A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics is not an exact science.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Great men have great dogs.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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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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Politics ruins the character.
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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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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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