Politics is the art of the next best.

Quote by Otto Von Bismarck

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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.

Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.

Politics ruins the character.

Politics ruins the character.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of...

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of...

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the...

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the...

When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have...

When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have...

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an...

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an...

Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.

Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the...

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the...

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look...

A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look...

When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have...

When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have...

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud...

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud...

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with...

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it...

FIRST keep thyself in peace, and then shalt thou be able to be a peacemaker...

FIRST keep thyself in peace, and then shalt thou be able to be a peacemaker...

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as...

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as...