A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
OTTO VON BISMARCKHistory is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Politics ruins the character.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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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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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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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