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.
OTTO VON BISMARCKHistory is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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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Great men have great dogs.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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