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

Quote by Otto Von Bismarck

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Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches

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...

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable - the art of the next...

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable - the art of the next...

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and...

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and...

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...

Politics ruins the character.

Politics ruins the character.

Politics is the art of the next best.

Politics is the art of the next best.

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.

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

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

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep...

The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep...

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...

Politics is not an exact science.

Politics is not an exact science.

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then...

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then...

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to...

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to...

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...

Politics is the art of the possible.

Politics is the art of the possible.

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.

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...