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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.Otto Von Bismarck
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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 bloodOtto Von Bismarck
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The main thing is to make history not to write itOtto Von Bismarck
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.Otto Von Bismarck
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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 Bismarck
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.Otto Von Bismarck
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[Government]is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.Otto Von Bismarck
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Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable – the art of the next bestOtto Von Bismarck
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.Otto Von Bismarck
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.Otto Von Bismarck
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Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience.Otto Von Bismarck
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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.Otto Von Bismarck
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Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steerOtto Von Bismarck
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Hounds follow those who feed them.Otto Von Bismarck
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Woe to the leader whose arguments at the end of a war are not as plausible as they were at the beginning.Otto Von Bismarck
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Crowned heads, wealth and privilege may well tremble should ever again the Black and Red unite! "-after the split between Anarchists and Marxists in 1872Otto Von Bismarck
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The main thing is to make history, not to write itOtto Von Bismarck
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.Otto Von Bismarck
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Let us put Germany so to speak in the saddle! you will see that she can ride.Otto Von Bismarck
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print the main thing is still to make history not to write it.Otto Von Bismarck
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When you say that you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out.Otto Von Bismarck
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Politics is not an exact science.Otto Von Bismarck
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Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).Otto Von Bismarck
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The king reigns but does not govern.Otto Von Bismarck
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Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.Otto Von Bismarck
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(The great questions of the day) are not decided by speeches and majority votes but by blood and iron.Otto Von Bismarck
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To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.Otto Von Bismarck
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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.Otto Von Bismarck
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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.Otto Von Bismarck
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.Otto Von Bismarck
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Be polite write diplomatically even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.Otto Von Bismarck
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.Otto Von Bismarck
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.Otto Von Bismarck
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Politics is the art of the possible.Otto Von Bismarck
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Politics ruins the character.Otto Von Bismarck
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.Otto Von Bismarck
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.Otto Von Bismarck