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Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.
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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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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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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Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
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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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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Our German forefathers had a very kind religion. They believed that, after death, they would meet again all the good dogs that had been their companions in life. I wish I could believe that too.
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Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek forgiveness still more.
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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 are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.
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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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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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What we learn from History is that no one learns from History
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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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A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.
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We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.
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To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
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Laws are like medicine they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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