Bismarck................

Go here for a previously posted list of quotations attributed to Otto von Bismarck.  Here are a few more:

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. 

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

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

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.

It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.

Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.

A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.

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

Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic.

Hounds follow those who feed them.

The statesman's task is to hear God's footsteps marching through history, and to try and catch on to His coattails as He marches past. 

Politics ruins the character.

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