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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.

Otto von Bismarck

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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Call Journalist Mistake Person
We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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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Great men have great dogs.
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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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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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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Courtesy Declare Observe Polite Rule War
What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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History Learning
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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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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History Paper Print Writing
A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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 generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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