It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNo civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics is not an exact science.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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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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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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Great men have great dogs.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is 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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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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