There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Great men have great dogs.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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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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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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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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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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