A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
OTTO VON BISMARCKWhat we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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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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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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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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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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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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Great men have great dogs.
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