History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
OTTO VON BISMARCKLaws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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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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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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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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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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