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All these blunders were, in war as in peace, the outcome of the deceptive selection and presentation of news.

— Emil Ludwig Wilhelm Hohenzollern: The Last of the Kaisers (1926)

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Intrigue is always at the bottom of all political activities.

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The logic of the machine checkmates its constructor and makes him its slave.

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His extreme vanity soon led him to imagine that he was really among the most remarkable of men.

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To Eulenburg Bülow owed his whole career—which, when all is said, remains the only statesmanlike one of the William the Second’s reign.

Wilhelm Hohenzollern: The Last of the Kaisers (1926)

Wealth, as such, impressed him deeply; his unromantic spirit respected this modern form of power—riches, no matter how acquired, were a sufficient attraction.

Wilhelm Hohenzollern: The Last of the Kaisers (1926)

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