We have far too many enemies, the French, the Slavs, above all the Catholics, and then the entire little rabble of the dispossessed, with their suppo… - Alfred von Waldersee

[Liberals are] on the one hand, insolent beyond measure, but creeping along on their bellies in front of the Kaiser!

I said to the Kaiser: "In spite of all this the Chancellor will not send in his resignation; he clings too firmly to office, hoping that if he can remain on he will again get the upper hand. In view of the whole intolerable situation, it would be best to force the Chancellor to resign–and as soon as possible–if he did not do so of his own accord."

It is really a good thing that the English should be unmasked at last and that the world should see what miserable hypocrites they are.