"The luxury of one's own opinion."
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"Politics ruins the character."
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"This policy cannot succeed through speeches, and shooting-matches, and songs; it can only be carried out through blood and iron."
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"Let them stew in their own grease (or juice)."
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"We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world; and it is the fear of God, which lets us love and foster peace."
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"They treat me like a fox, a cunning fellow (Schlaukopf) of the first rank. But the truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half."
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"There are two things you don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation."
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"Politics is not an exact science."
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"A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment."
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"There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws."
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"We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made."
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"Politics is no exact science."
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"Politics is not a science, as the professors are apt to suppose. It is an art."
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"Politics is like sausages, you don't want to watch either being made."
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