People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
OTTO VON BISMARCKI consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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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 am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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