When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Great men have great dogs.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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