Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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