Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Politics ruins the character.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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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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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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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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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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