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But there have been those who did not want to work, but wanted to rest on their laurels. They were our enemies. We angered them through our prosperou… - Wilhelm II
" "But there have been those who did not want to work, but wanted to rest on their laurels. They were our enemies. We angered them through our prosperous development, our industry and science, our art and popular education, social legislation, etc. That raised our nation to a high place, and then came envy. Envy caused our opponents to fight, and so the war came over us who had no idea of it.
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Wilhelm II of Germany (27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941), born Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Preußen, was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia, ruling from 1888 to 1918. He abdicated during the November Revolution, and fled to exile in the Netherlands.
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Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia
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Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Preußen
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Friedrich Wilhelm Emperor William II
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Wilhelm II, German Emperor
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German Emperor Wilhelm II
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Wilhelm II.
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William II
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Wilhelm II of Germany
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Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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The Hebrew race are my most inveterate enemies at home and abroad; they remain what they are and always were: the forgers of lies and the masterminds governing unrest, revolution, upheaval by spreading infamy with the help of their poisoned, caustic, satyrical spirit. If the world once wakes up it should mete out to them the punishment in store for them, which they deserve.
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