Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPeople never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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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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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Politics ruins the character.
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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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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Great men have great dogs.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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