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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.

Otto von Bismarck

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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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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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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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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Cease Conflict Existence Struggle
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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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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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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