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A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.
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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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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The luxury of one's own opinion.
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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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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Not even the King himself has the right to subordinate the interests of his country to his own feelings of love or hatred towards strangers he is, however, responsible towards God and not to me if he does so, and therefore on this point I am silent.
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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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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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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 us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).
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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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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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