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.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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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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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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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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Great men have great dogs.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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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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A 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 sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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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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