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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
Otto von Bismarck
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Otto von Bismarck
Age: 83 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 1
Died: 1898
Died: July 30
Diplomat
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Otto Eduard Leopold
Prince of Bismarck
Duke of Lauenburg
Iron Chancellor
Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Prince Bismarck
Bismarck
Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen Fürst von Bismarck
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Russia
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Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek forgiveness still more.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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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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With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help.
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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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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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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
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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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