A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
OTTO VON BISMARCKHounds follow those who feed them.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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