A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
OTTO VON BISMARCKMan cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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