I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
OTTO VON BISMARCKLaws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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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 is not an exact science.
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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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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Great men have great dogs.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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