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Otto Von Bismarck Inspirational Quotes (62)

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We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.
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Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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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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Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
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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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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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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 most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.
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One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).
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I have never lived on principles. When I have had to act, I never first asked myself on what principles I was going to act, but I went at it and did what I thought fit. I have often reproached myself for my want of principle.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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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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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Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek forgiveness still more.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow (Schlaukopf) of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.
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