I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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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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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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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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