Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNo civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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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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Politics is not an exact science.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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