Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
OTTO VON BISMARCKUniversal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics ruins the character.
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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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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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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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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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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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