A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
OTTO VON BISMARCKAll treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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Politics ruins the character.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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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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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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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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