Never pick a fight...buys ink by the barrel; Politics is the art of the possible

[Fred Shapiro]

On Wed, 18 May 2005 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> Edward Goldbeck. Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Mar 5,
> 1916.  p. A5 (1 page) :
> "_Politik_," Bismarck has said, "_ist die Kunst des Moglichen_." (Politics
> is the art of the possible.)

This is an excellent find, earlier than the earliest known German
attribution.

Fred Shapiro


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