Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
OTTO VON BISMARCKMan cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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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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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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Politics ruins the character.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Great men have great dogs.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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