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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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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Politics ruins the character.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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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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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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