We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPeople never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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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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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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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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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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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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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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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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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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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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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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