I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
OTTO VON BISMARCKUniversal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Great men have great dogs.
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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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