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.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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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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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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