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Politics is the art of the possible.

Otto von Bismarck

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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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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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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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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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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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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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