People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPeople never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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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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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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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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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 government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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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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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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