An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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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 is not an exact science.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Great men have great dogs.
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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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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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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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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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