--- title: "2 Emperor Quotes By Wilhelm II" description: "2 Emperor quotes by Wilhelm II. Plus more from Wilhelm II and more Emperor sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/wilhelm-ii-27754_chef_i-am-the-emperor-of-germany-but-you-are_883933.png" --- > [I am the emperor of Germany, but you are the emperor of chefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/i-am-the-emperor-of-germany-but-you-are-the-emperor-of-chefs/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/wilhelm-ii-27754_chef_i-am-the-emperor-of-germany-but-you-are_883933.png) > [Germany's greatness makes it impossible for her to do without the ocean, but the ocean also proves that even in the distance, and on its farther side, without Germany and the German Emperor, no great decision dare henceforth be taken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/germany-s-greatness-makes-it-impossible-for-her-to-do-without-the/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/wilhelm-ii-27754_dare_germany-s-greatness-makes-it-impossible_2763723.jpg) ## Other authors on Emperor - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-gibbon-31792.jpg) Edward Gibbon 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emperor/edward-gibbon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michel-de-montaigne-67580.jpg) Michel de Montaigne 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emperor/michel-de-montaigne/) - [Saint Augustine 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emperor/saint-augustine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emperor/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-napoleon-bonaparte-70192.jpg) Napoleon Bonaparte 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emperor/napoleon-bonaparte/) ## More by Wilhelm II > [It is the soldier and the army, not parliamentary majorities and decisions, that have welded the German Empire together. I put my trust in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/it-is-the-soldier-and-the-army-not-parliamentary-majorities-and/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [Paris for lunch, dinner in St. Petersburg.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/paris-for-lunch-dinner-in-st-petersburg/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! No quarter will be given! Prisoners will not be taken! Whoever falls into your hands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/should-you-encounter-the-enemy-he-will-be-defeated-no-quarter-will-be/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [Germany must have her place in the sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/germany-must-have-her-place-in-the-sun/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/for-the-first-time-i-am-ashamed-to-be-a-german/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [I am the emperor of Germany, but you are the emperor of chefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/i-am-the-emperor-of-germany-but-you-are-the-emperor-of-chefs/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [A Jew cannot be a true patriot. He is something different, like a bad insect. He must be kept apart, out of a place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/a-jew-cannot-be-a-true-patriot-he-is-something-different-like-a-bad/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [I look upon the People and the Nation as handed on to me as an responsibility conferred upon me by God, and I believe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/i-look-upon-the-people-and-the-nation-as-handed-on-to-me-as-an/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [ I am not a man who believes that we Germans bled and conquered thirty years ago \[to be\] pushed aside when great international decisions… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/i-am-not-a-man-who-believes-that-we-germans-bled-and-conquered-thirty/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [ England must have the mask of Christian peaceableness \[peacefulness\] torn publicly from her face... Our consuls in Turkey and India, agents, etc. must inflame… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/england-must-have-the-mask-of-christian-peaceableness-peacefulness/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [Called to the throne of my fathers, I have taken over the government, looking to the King of all kings, and have vowed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/called-to-the-throne-of-my-fathers-i-have-taken-over-the-government/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [You English are like mad bulls... you see red everywhere! What on earth has come over you, to heap on us such suspicion as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/you-english-are-like-mad-bulls-you-see-red-everywhere-what-on-earth/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [Woe and death to all who resist my will!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/woe-and-death-to-all-who-resist-my-will/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [Our German Fatherland to which I hope will be granted... to become in the future as closely united, as powerful, and as authoritative as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/our-german-fatherland-to-which-i-hope-will-be-granted-to-become-in/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) > [Just as the Huns under their king Attila created for themselves a thousand years ago a name which men still respect, you should give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/just-as-the-huns-under-their-king-attila-created-for-themselves-a/) [Wilhelm II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-ii/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emperor/wilhelm-ii/#itemlist", "name": "2 Emperor Quotes By Wilhelm II", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am the emperor of Germany, but you are the emperor of chefs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wilhelm II" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/i-am-the-emperor-of-germany-but-you-are-the-emperor-of-chefs/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/wilhelm-ii-27754_chef_i-am-the-emperor-of-germany-but-you-are_883933.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/wilhelm-ii-27754_chef_i-am-the-emperor-of-germany-but-you-are_883933.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/wilhelm-ii-27754_chef_i-am-the-emperor-of-germany-but-you-are_883933.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am the emperor of Germany, but you are the emperor of chefs.” — Wilhelm II", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Germany's greatness makes it impossible for her to do without the ocean, but the ocean also proves that even in the distance, and on its farther side, without Germany and the German Emperor, no great decision dare henceforth be taken.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wilhelm II" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-ii/germany-s-greatness-makes-it-impossible-for-her-to-do-without-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/wilhelm-ii-27754_dare_germany-s-greatness-makes-it-impossible_2763723.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/wilhelm-ii-27754_dare_germany-s-greatness-makes-it-impossible_2763723.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/wilhelm-ii-27754_dare_germany-s-greatness-makes-it-impossible_2763723.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Germany's greatness makes it impossible for her to do without the ocean, but the ocean also proves that even…” — Wilhelm II", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emperor/wilhelm-ii/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emperor/wilhelm-ii/", "name": "Emperor Quotes by Wilhelm II", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emperor/wilhelm-ii/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/wilhelm-ii-27754_chef_i-am-the-emperor-of-germany-but-you-are_883933.png" }, "description": "2 Emperor quotes by Wilhelm II. 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