I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
OTTO VON BISMARCKHounds follow those who feed them.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics ruins the character.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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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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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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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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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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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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