I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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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 really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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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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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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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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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 really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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