A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThere is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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