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Bernhard von Bülow Quotes

1849–1929

Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bülow (3 May 1849 – 28 October 1929), created Fürst von Bülow in 1905, was a German statesman who served as Foreign Minister for three years and then as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909. A fervent supporter of Weltpolitik, Bülow single-mindedly devoted his chancellorship to making Germany a leading power on the world stage.

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We ourselves brought about [this war] through the ultimatum to Serbia (which we either permitted or inspired).

Notebook entry (1916)

What does their hate matter to us? ... Oderint dum metuant! Let them hate us, but let them fear us!

The Auswärtiges Amt of 1914 was the incubator in which the monstrous egg of the ultimatum to Serbia was hatched. This where almost all the terrible mistakes were made through which we came to be involved in war.

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