Otto von Bismarck was one of the greatest politician
Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
What we learn from History is that no one learns from History
God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.
Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
The Americans are a very lucky people. They’re bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish.
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.
We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
People who love sausage and people who believe in justice should never watch either of them being made
Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.