Otto Von Bismarck

A special Providence protects fools, drunkards, small children and the United States of America.

Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.

Politics is the art of the possible.
(originally, "Die Politik ist die Lehre von M?glichen.")

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

Politics is the art of the possible.