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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
Otto von Bismarck
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Otto von Bismarck
Age: 83 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 1
Died: 1898
Died: July 30
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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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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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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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The luxury of one's own opinion.
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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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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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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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Do not expect that once taking advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russian has always come for their money. And when they come - do not rely on an agreement signed by you, you are supposed to justify. They are not worth the paper it is written. Therefore, with the Russian is to play fair, or do not play.
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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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There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.
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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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The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night
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The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.
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Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek forgiveness still more.
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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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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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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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