Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
OTTO VON BISMARCKIt is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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The 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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A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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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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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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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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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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