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"In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory."
"In war there is no prize for runner-up."
"Look now -- in all of history men have been taught that killing of men is an evil thing not to be countenanced. Any man who kills must be destroyed because this is a great sin, maybe the worst we know. And then we take a soldier and put murder in his hands and we say to him, "use it well, use it wisely." We put no checks on him. Go out and kill as many of a certain kind or classification of your brothers as you can. And we will reward you for it because it is a violation of your early training."
"That's the attractive thing about war, said Rosewater. "Absolutely everybody gets a little something."
"Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week."
Explore more quotes by Otto von Bismarck
"All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence."
"A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment."
"There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America."
"When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice."
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