Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
OTTO VON BISMARCKLaws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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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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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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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 bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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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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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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