Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
OTTO VON BISMARCKGreat men have great dogs.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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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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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Politics ruins the character.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of 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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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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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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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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