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Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.
Approximate author period: c. 1856 AD · industrial
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- Otto von Bismarck
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- Approximate author period: c. 1856 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Otto von Bismarck: life dates 1815 to 1898. Wikidata Q8442, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8442 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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