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Otto Von Bismarck

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    A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.

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    A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.

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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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    A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

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    A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.

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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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    An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

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    A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

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    Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

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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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    Earthly majesty is always akin to the fallen angel, who is proud and unhappy, beautiful but troubled, and whose plans and efforts, though vast, are denied access.

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    Even the most favorable outcome of the war will never lead to the decomposition of the main forces of Russia, which is based on millions of Russian ... The latter, even if they break up international treaties, just as quickly re-connect with each other, like pieces of a particle of mercury.

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    Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.

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    Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the cost of my own.

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    Great men have great dogs.

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    He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the 'bonds' of States ... and the Government and the nation escaped the plots of the foreign financiers. They understood at once, that the United States would escape their grip. The death of Lincoln was resolved upon.

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    He who has his thumb on the purse has the power.

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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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    Hounds follow those who feed them.

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    I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.

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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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    I do not regard the procuring of peace as a matter in which we should play the role of arbiter between different opinions ... more that of an honest broker who really wants to press the business forward.

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    If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.

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    I have always found the word 'Europe' on the lips of those who wanted something from others which they dared not demand in their own names!

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    I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.

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    I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.

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    I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph.

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    I must protest that I would never seek foreign conflicts just to go over domestic difficulties; that would be frivolous. I was speaking of conflicts that we could not avoid, even though we do not seek them.

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    In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing, Socialism has no chance with you.

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    Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.

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    Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.

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    Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.

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    Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).

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    Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride.

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    My subject is my life, and my life is my subject.

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    No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

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    Not even the King himself has the right to subordinate the interests of his country to his own feelings of love or hatred towards strangers; he is, however, responsible towards God and not to me if he does so, and therefore on this point I am silent.

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    Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.

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    One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even rely upon it; but one can never expect anything from the gratitude of a nation.

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    Our German forefathers had a very kind religion. They believed that, after death, they would meet again all the good dogs that had been their companions in life. I wish I could believe that too.

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    Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best

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    Politics is like sausages, you don't want to watch either being made.

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    Politics is not an exact science.

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    Politics is no exact science.

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    Politics is not a science, as the professors are apt to suppose. It is an art.

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    Politics ruins the character.

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    Revolutions in Prussia are started by kings, and since it is a revolution, it is better to start it ourselves than to suffer of it

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    Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.

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    The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.

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    The government should cultivate the view also among the propertyless classes of the population, those who are the most numerous and the least educated, that the state is not only an institution of necessity but also of welfare. By recognizable and direct advantages they must be led to look upon the state not as an agency devised solely for the protection of the better-situated classes of society but also as one serving their needs and interests.