The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
OTTO VON BISMARCKAn appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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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 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 conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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