Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of 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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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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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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Politics ruins the character.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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