With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics is the art of the possible.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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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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Politics is not an exact science.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Great men have great dogs.
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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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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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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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