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The luxury of one's own opinion.
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
Luxury
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Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
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There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.
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Even the most favorable outcome of the war will never lead to the decomposition of the main forces of Russia, which is based on millions of Russian ... The latter, even if they break up international treaties, just as quickly re-connect with each other, like pieces of a particle of mercury.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
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God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.
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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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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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 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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The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.
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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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Politics is no exact science.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).
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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History
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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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