A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThere is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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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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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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Great men have great dogs.
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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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Politics is not an exact science.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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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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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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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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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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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