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A statesman cannot create anything himself. He must wait and listen until he hears the steps of God sounding through events; then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

— Otto von Bismarck

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Preventive war is like committing suicide for fear of death.

Politics is the art of the possible.

We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world; and it is the fear of God, which lets us love and foster peace.

I am accustomed to pay men back in their own coin.

To the Ultramontanes (1870)

A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.

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