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Germany Before All “It is not only Herr Hitler whom we are fighting. We are fighting the ideas which he represents. It is essential that we should recognise that. I will not attempt to go back into history beyond what I have lived through myself, but I can remember something of foreign affairs for upward of half a century. There has always been in Prussian policy this note that Germany stands before all—not only stands before all in a sense that many patriots would say of their country—namely, stands before all private interests—but stands in the place of all morality and all principles; that to serve Gerirteny is a sufficient excuse fpr almost any villainy that can be contemplated. That is putting it very strongly, but just look back. Look at these men : Bismarck, William 11., Bulow, Bethmann-Hollweg, Ludendorff, as well as Hitler. There is not one of them who would not have thought t perfectly legitimate to say any falsehood in the world if he thought it would serve his country.’'—Viscount CeclL
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20989, 16 December 1939, Page 6
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177TOPICS OF THE DAY Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20989, 16 December 1939, Page 6
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