The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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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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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Great men have great dogs.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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