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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.
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
Bismarck
Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen Fürst von Bismarck
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