I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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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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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Great men have great dogs.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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 little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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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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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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