Wilhelm II Quotes

It is the soldier and the army, not parliamentary majorities and decisions, that have welded the German Empire together. I put my trust in the army.

For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German.

Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.

Paris for lunch, dinner in St. Petersburg.

Woe and death to all who resist my will!

Germany must have her place in the sun.

We have conquered for ourselves a place in the sun. It will now be my task to see to it that this place in the sun remains our undisputed possession, for our future lies upon the water.

I see myself as an instrument of the Almighty and go on my way, regardless of transient opinions and views.

You will come home before the leaves have fallen from the trees.

The tsar [Nicholas II] is not treacherous but he is weak. Weakness is not treachery, but it fulfils all its functions.

I am the emperor of Germany, but you are the emperor of chefs.

Morality is all right, but what about dividends?