Otto von Bismarck
Leader
1815-04-01
Quotes by Otto von Bismarck
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Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best
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[Government]is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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the main thing is to make history not to write it
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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the main thing is to make history not to write it
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Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best
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[Government]is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.
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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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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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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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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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