"May 7, 1919 has not erased the date of January 18, 1871."

“Having erased Sedan, we now must erase Waterloo. France cannot be a great continental power unless she is a Rheinish power...French political wisdom has never consisted in immoderate acquisitions. In the days of France's European hegemony, she always preferred influence and infiltration to indigestion.”

“The Rhineland liberated from Prussia or eternal war. The choice is ours.”

“If Germany were to become Bolshevik we would be absolutely delighted. We wish it with all our heart. France has never been secure except when anarchy ruled in Germany...From a Bolshevished Germany, we would no longer have to fear what we underwent in 1870 and 1914.”

“Nothing is more false than the axiom that governments are belligerent and peoples are pacific.”

“You will understand and know the German Republic better when it elects Hindenburg president.”

“Our vision of European affairs has been warped by our obsession with Bolshevism. Under the cover of this grande peur, Germany has reorganized herself. She has used the specter of Bolshevism to divert attention from her own affairs while at the same time ridding herself of this poison.”