"Be polite write diplomatically even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness."
-Otto von Bismarck
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"The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.“
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"Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war."
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"People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election."
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"Politics is not an exact science."
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