The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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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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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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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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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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 journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Great men have great dogs.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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