Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Politics ruins the character.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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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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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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