Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Politics ruins the character.
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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