Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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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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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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