I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Politics ruins the character.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Great men have great dogs.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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