Politics ruins the character.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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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