Heinrich von Treitschke

"...One thing alone can drive us, against our will, beyond these modest desires. If the next French attack against the German Empire found the Dutch among the enemy faction, at that exact moment Hollan…"

"Those who preach the nonsense of eternal peace do not understand Aryan national life."

"A thousand touching traits testify to the sacred power of the love which a righteous war awakes in noble nations."

"The enlargement of Prussian power is little by little becoming a demand of justice."

"Our military organisation remains a glorious manifestation of German political idealism; without admitting the fact, all our neighbours regret that they have not been able, some because of the inadequ…"

"God will see to it that war always recurs as a drastic medicine for the human race."

"All treaties between nations are valid only with the reservation clause: rebus sic stantibus. They do not pledge a State for ever."

"Martial force is the basis of all political virtues; in the rich treasure of Germany's glories the Prussian military glory is a jewel as precious, as loyally acquired as the masterpieces of our poets …"