Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
OTTO VON BISMARCKHistory is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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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 conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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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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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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