A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
OTTO VON BISMARCKI am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of 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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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Great men have great dogs.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Politics ruins the character.
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