An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
OTTO VON BISMARCKAn appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
OTTO VON BISMARCKAll treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
OTTO VON BISMARCKAnyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
OTTO VON BISMARCKI have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
OTTO VON BISMARCKLaws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics 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.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThere is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
OTTO VON BISMARCKHounds follow those who feed them.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNever believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhat we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
OTTO VON BISMARCKIt is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics is the art of the possible.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWith a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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