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Your map of Africa is really quite nice. But my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia, and here... is France, and we're in the middle - that's my map of Africa.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
Otto von Bismarck
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Faust klagt über die zwei Seelen in seiner Brust; ich beherberge aber eine ganze Menge, die sich zanken. Es geht da zu wie in einer Republik... Das meiste, was sie sagen, teile ich mit. Es sind da aber auch ganze Provinzen, in die ich nie einen andern Menschen werde hineinsehen lassen.
Otto von Bismarck -
Wer den Daumen auf dem Beutel hat, der hat die Macht.
Otto von Bismarck -
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
Otto von Bismarck -
Nicht durch Reden und Majoritätsbeschlüsse werden die großen Fragen der Zeit entschieden - daß ist der große Fehler von 1848 und 1849 gewesen - sondern durch Eisen und Blut.
Otto von Bismarck -
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
Otto von Bismarck -
With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
Otto von Bismarck
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
Otto von Bismarck -
Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
Otto von Bismarck -
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
Otto von Bismarck -
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
Otto von Bismarck -
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
Otto von Bismarck -
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
Otto von Bismarck
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
Otto von Bismarck -
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
Otto von Bismarck -
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
Otto von Bismarck -
Politics is not an exact science.
Otto von Bismarck -
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
Otto von Bismarck -
A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
Otto von Bismarck
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Politics is the art of the next best.
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People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
Otto von Bismarck -
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
Otto von Bismarck -
Politics is the art of the possible.
Otto von Bismarck