I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Great men have great dogs.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Politics ruins the character.
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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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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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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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