"One should not comment on the actual motivating factor of the whole expedition, for if we were completely honest it i…"

"The moment Russia mobilizes, Germany also will mobilize, and will unquestionably mobilize her whole army."

"If we again slink out of this affair with our tail between our legs, if we cannot pull ourselves together to present …"

"If there is no change in the political situation in Europe, Germany's central position will compel her to form a fron…"

"[The next war will be between France and Germany and it will be] a question of life or death for us. We shall stop at…"

"Revolution in India and Egypt, and also in the Caucuses...is of the highest importance. The treaty with Turkey will m…"

"It is dreadful to be condemned to inactivity in this war which I prepared and initiated."

"The Germans were not, as the phrase 'more or less' makes clear, optimistic. Moltke himself had warned the Kaiser as e…"

"The puzzle is why [France's] heavy losses did not lead to a complete collapse - as had happened in 1870 and would hap…"

"Um zu siegen, müssen wir versuchen, an der Stelle des Zusammenstoßes die Stärkeren zu sein. Dazu haben wir aber nur A…"