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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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 little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Politics ruins the character.
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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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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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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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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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