A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
OTTO VON BISMARCK
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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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 little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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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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 bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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