No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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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 conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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