Politics is the art of the possible.
OTTO VON BISMARCK
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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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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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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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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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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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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