Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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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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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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