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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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them 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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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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 have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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