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I do not regard the procuring of peace as a matter in which we should play the role of arbiter between different opinions ... more that of an honest broker who really wants to press the business forward.
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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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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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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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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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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The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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