A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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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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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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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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