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Otto von Bismarck
Never believe in...
Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied.
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Politics is the...
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable . . . the art of the next best.
The three signs...
The three signs of great men are -- generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in...
Laws are like...
Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made.
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Better pointed bullets...
Better pointed bullets than pointed words.
Source: Speech, 1850.
-- Otto von...
With a gentleman...
With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a...
The great questions...
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions. . . but by iron and...
The main thing...
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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A government must...
A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go...
When you say...
When you say that you agree to a thing on principle, you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it...
I have seen...
I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
There is only...
There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that is the folly of...
When a man...
When a man says that he approves something in principal, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it in...
Be polite; write...
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of...
When you want...
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...
Universal suffrage is...
Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
Source: From...
An appeal to...
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
Source: In
A journalist is...
A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
Source: In
Politics is not...
Politics is not an exact science.
Source: Speech, Prussian Chamber, 18 Dec...
People never lie...
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.