When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhat we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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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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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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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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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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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