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I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph.
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
Prince of Bismarck
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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Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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There are two things you don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation.
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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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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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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
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The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
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If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.
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