Wilhelm II Short Quotes

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I know no parties anymore, only Germans!
In German: Ich kenne keine Parteien mehr, ich kenne nur Deutsche.

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Where my Guards appear, there is no room for democracy.

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You will be home before the leaves fall from the trees.

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The battle is won, the English have been utterly defeated.

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The fleet is necessary to show that Germany is as well born as Britain.

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I regard every Social Democrat as an enemy of the Empire and Fatherland.

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We have fought for our place in the sun and won it. Our future is on the water.

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There is only one person who is master in this Empire and I am not going to tolerate any other.

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The Tsar is not treacherous but he is weak. Weakness is not treachery, but it fulfils all its functions.

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The war has ended - quite differently, indeed, from how we expected. Our politicians have failed us miserably.

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I look on myself as an instrument of the Almighty and go on my way regardless of transient opinions and views.

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I will take the Duchy of Courland, I, the victor by the strength of my sword, but not from the hand of the assembly.

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Let me assure the Sultan and the three hundred million moslems... That the German Emperor will ever be their friend.

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I see that we must strike a balance. We have nearly reached the limit of our powers of resistance. The war must be ended.

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[The German Legion] which, in conjunction with Blucher and the Prussians at Waterloo, saved the British Army from destruction.

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They [Jews] belong to the Coloured Races and not the European White Race... which they intend to enervate, subjugate and destroy!

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Press, Jews & Mosquitoes... are a nuisance that humanity must get rid of in some way or another. I believe the best would be gas?

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Shoot down, behead and eliminate the Socialists first, if need be, by a blood-bath, then war abroad. But not before, and not à tempo.

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The soldier and the army, not Parliamentary majorities and decisions, have welded the German Empire together. I put my trust in the army.

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Agreed, reject... This is the end of negotiations with America, once and for all! If Wilson wants war, let him provoke it and then have it.

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I am just now not reading but devouring Captain Mahan's book and am trying to learn it by heart. It is a first-class book and classical on all points.

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I haven't had a wink of sleep since I left Wilhelmshohe. I'm gradually cracking up. The troops continue to retreat. I have lost all confidence in them.

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If a British parliamentarian comes to sue for peace, he must first kneel before the imperial standard, for this is a victory of monarchy over democracy.

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Must stay there and also foment war and revolt against England. Doesn't he yet know of the intended alliance, under which he is to be Commander in Chief?!

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[I myself will] never acknowledge an Englishman again for the rest of [my] life, nor wear an English Order on [my] chest. The fellows must be brought to their knees.

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The feats of our brave troops are wonderful, God gave them success. - May He continue to help them to peace with honour, & the victory over Juda & Antichrist in British garb.

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Imagine a monarch, holding personal command of his army, disbanding his regiments, sacred with a hundred years of history—and handing his towns over to Anarchists and Democracy.

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