The devoted onset of the Russian armies which saved Paris in 1914; the mastered agony of the munitionless retreat....has [Nicholas II] no share in these?

God the Almighty has made our nation. By defending its existence we are defending His work...Therefore, it is all the more necessary on this twelfth anniversary of the rise to power to strengthen the heart more than ever before and to steel ourselves in the holy determination to wield the sword, no-matter where and under what circumstances, until final victory crowns our efforts.

The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.

I am the first soldier of the German Reich... I will not take it off again until victory is secured or I will not survive the outcome.

A state of no less than 36,000,000 inhabitants... took up arms against us... Their confidence ... knew no bounds.

If, however, the opinions of Messrs. Churchill and his followers should prevail, this statement will have been my last.