Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
OTTO VON BISMARCKLaws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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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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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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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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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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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