People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
OTTO VON BISMARCKNever believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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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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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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Politics ruins the character.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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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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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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