Quote#Politics & Power
The politician has not to revenge what has happened but to ensure…
Quote byOtto von Bismarck · 1815–1898
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: In 1867, following public criticism of courtesy shown to the defeated Napoleon III after the battle of Sedan, as quoted in A. J. P. Taylor, Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman (1955), p. 115. Also quoted in Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations (1997), p. 46..
English (original)
The politician has not to revenge what has happened but to ensure that it does not happen again.
— Otto von Bismarck
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