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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History
Otto von Bismarck
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Otto von Bismarck
Age: 83 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 1
Died: 1898
Died: July 30
Diplomat
Jurist
Politician
Statesman
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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I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph.
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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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To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
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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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Laws are like medicine they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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You can do anything with children if you only play with them.
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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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The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night
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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.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.
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Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.
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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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