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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

Otto von Bismarck

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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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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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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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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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