History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
OTTO VON BISMARCKHounds follow those who feed them.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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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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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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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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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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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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