Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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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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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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 generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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Great men have great dogs.
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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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