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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Otto von Bismarck

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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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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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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Politics ruins the character.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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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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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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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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