When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA 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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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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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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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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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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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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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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