All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
OTTO VON BISMARCKGovernment is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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Great men have great dogs.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Politics ruins the character.
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