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Famous Otto von Bismarck Quotes
Source: Bismarck's Speeches and Letters
“Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.”
“Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.”
“People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.”
“Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.”
“One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).”
“War should only be used for a policy worth its sacrifices.”