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Politics is no exact science.
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
Exact
Politics
Science
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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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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.
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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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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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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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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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