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  1. A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
  2. A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
  3. A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
  4. An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
  5. Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
  6. I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
  7. Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
  8. Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
  9. When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
  10. With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
  11. With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
  12. The three signs of great men are -- generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
  13. A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
  14. The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
  15. Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied.
  16. If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.
  17. Politics is not an exact science.
  18. Politics is the art of the possible.
  19. CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, the dinner, the table and the knife and fork for the anarchist; the part of the repast that himself supplies is the disgrace before meat.
  20. When you say that you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
  21. There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that is the folly of the people that says with its head that it does not know whether there is a God or not.
    Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
  22. Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. ∙
  23. Peace with a club in hand is war.
  24. People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
  25. Politics is not an exact science.
  26. Politics is the art of the next best.
  27. The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
  28. The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
  29. The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
  30. There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
  31. To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
  32. When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
     
  33. 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.
     
  34. When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
     
  35. really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.  
  36. Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made.  
  37. When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.  
  38. Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices , Bismarck and the German Empire by Erich Eyck  
  39. Politics is the art of the possible. , remark, Aug. 11, 1867

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