I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNo civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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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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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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 the art of the possible.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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Great men have great dogs.
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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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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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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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