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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.

Otto von Bismarck

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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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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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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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Politics ruins the character.
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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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Great men have great dogs.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Courtesy Declare Observe Polite Rule War
A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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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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