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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.

— Bernhard von Bülow

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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!

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