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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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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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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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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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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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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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