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> [It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/it-was-both-necessary-and-desirable-for-us-to-be-so-strong-at-sea/)

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## More by Bernhard von Bulow

> [It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/it-was-both-necessary-and-desirable-for-us-to-be-so-strong-at-sea/)

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> [Mr. Chamberlain desires to avert the threat to England's peace by making England, in alliance with Germany, stronger than her rivals and so to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/mr-chamberlain-desires-to-avert-the-threat-to-england-s-peace-by/)

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> [Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/since-the-german-people-with-unparalleled-heroism-but-also-at-the/)

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> [For the sake of our interests, as well as of our honour and dignity, we were obliged to see that we won for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/for-the-sake-of-our-interests-as-well-as-of-our-honour-and-dignity-we/)

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> [English policy may not yet have made the definite decision to attack us; but it doubtless wishes, by all and every means, even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/english-policy-may-not-yet-have-made-the-definite-decision-to-attack/)

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> [This fact lays on us - so long as the maintenance of good relations with Russia seems to us worth an effort - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/this-fact-lays-on-us-so-long-as-the-maintenance-of-good-relations/)

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> [We must also win really sufficient and, above all, practical, guarantees for the freedom of the seas and for the further fulfilment of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/we-must-also-win-really-sufficient-and-above-all-practical-guarantees/)

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> [The history of England, who has always dealt most harshly with her vanquished foe in the few European wars in which she has taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/the-history-of-england-who-has-always-dealt-most-harshly-with-her/)

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> [But it is a law of life and development in history where two national civilizations meet they fight for ascendancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/but-it-is-a-law-of-life-and-development-in-history-where-two-national/)

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> [I fink he a fag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/i-fink-he-a-fag/)

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