Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
OTTO VON BISMARCKBe polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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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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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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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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