Politics is not an exact science.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhat we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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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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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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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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