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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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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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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 the people that says with its head that it does not know whether there is a God or not.
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This policy cannot succeed through speeches, and shooting-matches, and songs it can only be carried out through blood and iron.
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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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Politics is not an exact science.
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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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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
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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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Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek forgiveness still more.
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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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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Politics is no exact science.
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God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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