A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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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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Politics ruins the character.
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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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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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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