--- title: "1 Bernhardi Believed Quotes By Paul Ham" description: "1 Bernhardi Believed quotes by Paul Ham. Plus more from Paul Ham and more Bernhardi Believed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d37/paul-ham-27436_rule-the-world_friedrich-von-bernhardi-one-of-germany-s_1244006.jpg" --- > [“Friedrich von Bernhardi, one of Germany’s most influential military thinkers. Bernhardi believed the German people were destined to become the master race, who would prevail over lesser breeds and rule the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/friedrich-von-bernhardi-one-of-germany-s-most-influential-military/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d37/paul-ham-27436_rule-the-world_friedrich-von-bernhardi-one-of-germany-s_1244006.jpg) ## More by Paul Ham > [“There was a happy irony in the first cousin of the autocratic Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II (with whom George bore a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/there-was-a-happy-irony-in-the-first-cousin-of-the-autocratic-kaiser/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“In America's 'nonlinear war', with no frontline or clear political or territorial goals, the number of enemy killed apparently revealed who was 'winning'. 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/in-america-s-nonlinear-war-with-no-frontline-or-clear-political-or/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“If a complete free market seemed efficacious in principle, in practice it had not delivered the basic services necessary for a country to call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/if-a-complete-free-market-seemed-efficacious-in-principle-in-practice/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“At the present rate of attrition, Haig delighted in informing the prime minister, ‘the enemy’s man power will be running out next May or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/at-the-present-rate-of-attrition-haig-delighted-in-informing-the/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“Thwarted by the British and French on the world stage, Berlin decided in 1913 to concentrate Germany’s military objectives in Europe. That year Germany…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/thwarted-by-the-british-and-french-on-the-world-stage-berlin-decided/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“The moment historians examine the past they risk changing it, by selectively re-arranging events, consciously or not, according to the judgment(s) of posterity or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/the-moment-historians-examine-the-past-they-risk-changing-it-by/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“entrenchment of social conservatism, being a strident belief in God, King and Country that arose after the disillusionment of the Belle Époque (which was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/entrenchment-of-social-conservatism-being-a-strident-belief-in-god/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“Friedrich von Bernhardi, one of Germany’s most influential military thinkers. Bernhardi believed the German people were destined to become the master race, who would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/friedrich-von-bernhardi-one-of-germany-s-most-influential-military/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“There is one possibility left,’ he wrote on Christmas Day 1913, 40 years ahead of his time, ‘an industrial customs union, of which sooner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/there-is-one-possibility-left-he-wrote-on-christmas-day-1913-40-years/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“Indeed, in the huge opening battles to come, hundreds of thousands of German youths would hurl themselves at the French, British and Russian lines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/indeed-in-the-huge-opening-battles-to-come-hundreds-of-thousands-of/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“During the Year of the Monkey, the press, which had hitherto generally supported the war or stuck to feel-good stories of heroism and mateship,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/during-the-year-of-the-monkey-the-press-which-had-hitherto-generally/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“Respected political and military leaders saw the world as a Darwinian battleground, where the fittest race would emerge triumphant from a savage fight to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/respected-political-and-military-leaders-saw-the-world-as-a-darwinian/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“Despite these warnings, the Great powers’ arsenals were brimful; their ranks, swollen. In this light, to suggest they groped or sleepwalked blindly into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/despite-these-warnings-the-great-powers-arsenals-were-brimful-their/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“But behind the superficial appearance of a time of radical upheaval, most governments and ordinary people simply did not experience the Belle Époque in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/but-behind-the-superficial-appearance-of-a-time-of-radical-upheaval/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) > [“The Russian economy was strong, though only the wealthy seemed to enjoy the benefits. Throughout 1913 the stock market surged to record levels,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ham/the-russian-economy-was-strong-though-only-the-wealthy-seemed-to/) [Paul Ham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ham/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bernhardi-believed/paul-ham/#itemlist", "name": "1 Bernhardi Believed Quotes By Paul Ham", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Friedrich von Bernhardi, one of Germany’s most influential military thinkers. 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