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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 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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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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Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
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Vanity is a mortgage that must be deducted from the value of a man.
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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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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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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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A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.
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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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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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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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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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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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Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History
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The luxury of one's own opinion.
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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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