A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics is the art of the possible.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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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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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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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 the art of the possible.
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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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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