“The Slavs have now become unrestful and will want to attack Austria. Germany is bound to stand by her ally - Russia and France will join in and then England…I am a man of peace - but now I have to arm my Country so that whoever falls on me I can crush - and crush them I will.”

— Wilhelm II, German Emperor

Conversation with Lord Stamfordham (25 May 1913), quoted in John Rohl, 'Germany', in Keith Wilson (ed.), Decisions for War 1914 (London: University College London Press, 1995), pp. 43-44
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