Politics ruins the character.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics is the art of the possible.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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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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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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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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