Otto von Bismarck Quotes and Sayings
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“People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.”
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“The main thing is to make history, not to write it.”
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“The death of Lincoln was a disaster for Christendom. There was no man in the United States great enough to wear his boots and the bankers went anew to grab the riches. I fear that foreign bankers with their craftiness and tortuous tricks will entirely control the exuberant riches of America and use it to systematically corrupt civilization.”
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“Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.”
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“Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.”
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“When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.”
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“Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.”
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“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”
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“man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer”
-- Otto von Bismarck