"Be polite write diplomatically even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness."
-Otto von Bismarck
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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."
-Otto von Bismarck
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"People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election."
-Otto von Bismarck
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"Politics is not an exact science."
-Otto von Bismarck
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"To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making."
-Otto von Bismarck
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"Politics is the art of the possible."
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"The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy."
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"I agree with just about everyone in the reform debate when they say 'If you like what you have, you should be able to keep it.' But the truth is that none of the health reform bills making their way through Congress actually delivers on that promise."
-Ron Wyden
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"The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see."
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"Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time."
-Gerald R. Ford
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"I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman."
-Bob Kane
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"The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature."
-Lewis Thomas
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