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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.
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
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Duke of Lauenburg
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Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Prince Bismarck
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Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen Fürst von Bismarck
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