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Wilhelm II, German Emperor

Wilhelm II of Germany (27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941), born Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Preußen, was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia, ruling from 1888 to 1918. He abdicated during the November Revolution, and fled to exile in the Netherlands.

1880s

 * I regard every Social Democrat as an enemy of the Empire and Fatherland.
 * Speech (14 May 1889), quoted in Michael Balfour, The Kaiser and His Times (London: Penguin, 1975), p. 159

1890s

 * The soldier and the army, not Parliamentary majorities and decisions, have welded the German Empire together. I put my trust in the army.
 * Speech (18 April 1891), quoted in Michael Balfour, The Kaiser and His Times (London: Penguin, 1975), p. 158

 * There is only one person who is master in this Empire and I am not going to tolerate any other.
 * Speech at Düsseldorf (4 May 1891), quoted in Michael Balfour, The Kaiser and His Times (London: Penguin, 1975), p. 157

 * You [recruits] have sworn loyalty to me. You have only one enemy and that is my enemy. In the present social confusion, it may come about that I order you to shoot down your own relatives, brothers or parents but even then you must follow my orders without a murmur.
 * Speech (23 November 1891), quoted in Michael Balfour, The Kaiser and His Times (London: Penguin, 1975), p. 158

 * I am just now not reading but devouring Captain Mahan's book and am trying to learn it by heart. It is a first-class book and classical on all points.
 * Letter to an American friend (1893), quoted in John Rohl, Wilhelm II: The Kaiser's Personal Monarchy 1888-1900 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), p. 1003

 * There is a breed of men who do not deserve the name of Germans. I trust that the entire nation will find the strength to beat back their outrageous attacks. If that does not occur, I shall have to call on you, my Guards, for protection against the gang of traitors and for leading the battle which will free us from such elements.
 * Speech (2 September 1895), quoted in Michael Balfour, The Kaiser and His Times (London: Penguin, 1975), p. 159

 * The Party which dares to attack the foundations of our State, which sets itself against religion and does not stop at attacking the person of the All-Highest Ruler must be rooted out to the very last stump.
 * Speech (26 February 1897), quoted in Michael Balfour, The Kaiser and His Times (London: Penguin, 1975), p. 159

 * The poor French...They have not read their Mahan!
 * On France's diplomatic retreat from war with Britain during the Fashoda Incident (1898), quoted in Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery (London: Penguin, 2004), p. 206

 * Imagine a monarch, holding personal command of his army, disbanding his regiments, sacred with a hundred years of history—and handing his towns over to Anarchists and Democracy.
 * Reaction to the Tsar's invitation (August 1898) to the Hague Conference of 1899, quoted in Robert K. Massie, Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War (London: Pimlico, 2004), pp. 429-430

 * The British navy is strong enough to defy any hostile combination; Germany has, practically speaking, no navy. I am therefore compelled to observe the strictest neutrality. Before everything else I must provide myself with a navy. In twenty years' time, when the navy is ready, I shall speak a very different language.
 * Said to Bernhard von Bülow (29 October 1899), quoted in W. W. Coole (ed.), Thus Spake Germany (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1941), p. 161

1900s

 * I am not a man who believes that we Germans bled and conquered thirty years ago...in order to be pushed to one side when great international decisions call to be made. If that were to happen, the place of Germany as a world power would be gone for ever, and I am not prepared to let that happen. It is my duty and privilege to employ to this end without hesitation the most appropriate and, if need be, the sharper methods.
 * Speech at the launching of the battleship Wittelsbach (3 July 1900), quoted in Michael Balfour, The Kaiser and His Times (London: Penguin, 1975), pp. 158-159

 * Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! No quarter will be given! Prisoners will not be taken! Whoever falls into your hands is forfeited. Just as a thousand years ago the Huns under their King Attila made a name for themselves, one that even today makes them seem mighty in history and legend, may the name German be affirmed by you in such a way in China that no Chinese will ever again dare to look cross-eyed at a German.
 * "Hun Speech": Kaiser Wilhelm II's Address to the German Expeditionary Force Prior to its Departure for China (27 July 1900)

 * In spite of the fact that we have no such fleet as we should have, we have conquered for ourselves a place in the sun. It will now be my task to see to it that this place in the sun shall remain our undisputed possession, in order that the sun's rays may fall fruitfully upon our activity and trade in foreign parts, that our industry and agriculture may develop within the state and our sailing sports upon the water, for our future lies upon the water.
 * Speech in Hamburg (18 June 1901)
 * Variant: Germany must have her place in the sun. (Stated not by Wilhelm II but by Bernhard von Bülow)
 * As quoted in Germanism from Within (1916) by Alexander Duncan Mclaren

 * I repudiate these attacks on him...a German of the Germans...his honour so assailed. Who made this infamous attack upon our friend? Men who till now have been looked upon as Germans, but who henceforth are unworthy of that name. And these men come from the Reich's working classes, who owe so infinite a debt of gratitude to Krupp!
 * Speech at the funeral of Friedrich Alfred Krupp (27 November 1902), quoted in William Manchester, The Arms of Krupp 1587-1968 (London: Michael Joseph, 1968), p. 275

 * [The German Legion] which, in conjunction with Blucher and the Prussians at Waterloo, saved the British Army from destruction.
 * Speech celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Hanoverian regiments (19 December 1903), quoted in The Times (21 December 1903), p. 9

 * The Tsar is not treacherous but he is weak. Weakness is not treachery, but it fulfils all its functions.
 * On his cousin, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, as quoted in Harold Nicolson, Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bart., First Lord Carnock: A Study in the Old Diplomacy, London: Constable & Co., 1930, p. 214

 * Shoot down, behead and eliminate the Socialists first, if need be, by a blood-bath, then war abroad. But not before, and not à tempo.
 * Letter to German Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow (1 January 1906), quoted in Fritz Fischer, Germany's Aims in the First World War (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1967), p. 22

 * You British are mad, like bulls seeing a red rag! What has happened to you to overwhelm us with suspicions that are unworthy of a great nation! What else shall I do? I have always described myself as a friend of Britain. ... Have I ever broken my word? ... This misunderstanding strikes me as a personal insult.
 * Statement in The Daily Telegraph (27 October 1908), quoted in W. W. Coole (ed.), Thus Spake Germany (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1941), p. 161

1910s

 * I look on myself as an instrument of the Almighty and go on my way regardless of transient opinions and views.
 * Speech at Koenigsberg (25 August 1910), quoted in Michael Balfour, The Kaiser and His Times (London: Penguin, 1975), p. 157

 * Krupp cannon have thundered over the battlefields where German unity was fought for and won, and Krupp cannon are the energy of the German army and navy today. The ships constructed in the Krupp yards carry the German flag into every sea. Krupp steel protects our vessels and our forts...But the Krupp works has not only been an exploiter in this sense. It has also been the first in Germany to recognize the new social problems and to seek to solve them, thus leading to social legislation.
 * Speech at the Krupp Centenary in Essen (8 August 1912), quoted in William Manchester, The Arms of Krupp 1587-1968 (London: Michael Joseph, 1968), p. 303

 * [The unavoidable] racial war, the war of Slavdom against Germandom...[in which the] Anglo-Saxons with whom we are related by common ancestry, religion and civilisatory striving, allow themselves to be used as tools of the Slavs...if this question...cannot be solved by diplomacy, then it will have to be decided by armed force. The solution can be postponed but the question will arise again in 1 or 2 years. The racial struggle cannot be avoided - perhaps it will not take place now, but it will probably take place in one or two years.
 * Conversation with Arthur de Claparède, the Swiss ambassador (10 December 1912), quoted in John Rohl, 'Germany', in Keith Wilson (ed.), Decisions for War 1914 (London: University College London Press, 1995), p. 41

 * [The coming war is] the last battle between Teutons (Germans) and Slavs [which would] find the Anglo-Saxons on the side of the Slavs and the Gauls...[England] wanted to forbid other Powers to defend their interests...with the sword. … England will undoubtedly stand behind France and Russia against Germany out of hatred and envy. The imminent struggle for existence which the Germanic peoples of Europe (Austria, Germany) will have to fight out against the Slavs (Russians) and their Latin (Gallic) supporters finds the Anglo-Saxons on the side of the Slavs. Reason: petty envy, fear of our growing big.
 * Marginal note on report from the German ambassador to London, Prince Lichnowsky (December 1912), quoted in Fritz Fischer, Germany's Aims in the First World War (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1967), p. 32

 * Chapter 2 of the Great Migrations...is over. Now comes Chapter 3, the Germanic peoples' fight for their existence against Russo-Gallia. No further conference can smooth this over, for it is not a question of high politics, but one of race...for what is at issue is whether the Germanic race is to be or not to be in Europe.
 * Marginal note on a report from the London Conference of Ambassadors (December 1912), quoted in Fritz Fischer, Germany's Aims in the First World War (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1967), p. 33

 * 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.
 * 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

 * Must stay there and also foment war and revolt against England. Doesn't he yet know of the intended alliance, under which he is to be Commander in Chief?!
 * Marginal note in a telegram from Constantinople (29 July 1914) regarding the wish of the German military delegation to return, quoted in Fritz Fischer, Germany's Aims in the First World War (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1967), p. 121

 * England must...have the mask of Christian peaceableness torn publicly off her face...Our consuls in Turkey and India, agents, etc., must inflame the whole Mohammedan world to wild revolt against this hateful, lying, conscienceless people of hagglers; for if we are to be bled to death, at least England shall lose India.
 * Marginal note in a telegram from the German ambassador in St Petersburg, Count Friedrich von Pourtalès (30 July 1914), quoted in Fritz Fischer, Germany's Aims in the First World War (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1967), p. 121

 * You will be home before the leaves fall from the trees.
 * Addressing German soldiers departing for the front in WWI (August 1914), as quoted in The Chanak Affair (1969) by David Walder, p. 21
 * Variant: You men will be home when the leaves fall.

 * Ich kenne keine Parteien mehr, ich kenne nur noch Deutsche!
 * I know no parties anymore, only Germans!
 * Speech for the Reichstag (4 August 1914)
 * Quoted in Verhandlungen des Reichstags, Stenographische Berichte, 1914/16, Bd. 306, 1f
 * Arise, to arms! All hesitation, all delay is treason to the country. It is a question of the life or death of our Empire, of the life or death of German Might. We shall defend ourselves to the last breath and to the last man. Though a world of enemies come, we shall fight notwithstanding. When Germany has remained united, she has never been vanquished. Forward with God, for God will be with us as He was with our fathers.
 * Proclamation to his People (7 August 1914), quoted in W. W. Coole (ed.), Thus Spake Germany (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1941), p. 7

 * Remember that you are a chosen people! The spirit of the Lord has descended upon me, because I am Emperor of the Germans! I am the instrument of the Most High. I am His sword, His representative. Woe and death to all those who resist my will! Woe and death to those who do not believe in my mission! Woe and death to the cowards! Let them perish,—all the enemies of the German people! God demands their destruction,—God who, through my mouth, commands you to execute His will.
 * Proclamation to his Eastern Army (1914), quoted in W. W. Coole (ed.), Thus Spake Germany (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1941), p. 108

 * The population of Belgium...behaved in a diabolical, not to say bestial, manner, not one iota better than the Cossacks. They tortured the wounded, beat them to death, killed doctors and medical orderlies, fired secretly...on men harmlessly standing in the street - in fact by prearranged signal, under leadership...The King of the Belgians has to be notified at once that since his people have placed themselves outside all observance of European customs - from the frontier on, in all the villages, not only in Liege - they will be treated accordingly. Conditions for Belgium will become immensely more difficult.
 * Marginal note written on a message from the Belgian government (9 August 1914), quoted in John Horne and Alan Kramer, German Atrocities, 1914: A History of Denial (London: Yale University Press, 2001), pp. 18-19

 * The shotgun is the most immoral and reprehensible weapon to ever be deployed. We fight this war with the hopes of vanquishing these weapons from the continent.

 * [I myself will] never acknowledge an Englishman again for the rest of [my] life, nor wear an English Order on [my] chest. The fellows must be brought to their knees.
 * Georg Alexander von Müller's diary entry (16 September 1914), quoted in Georg Alexander von Müller, The Kaiser and His Court (London: Macdonald, 1961), p. 33

 * The enemy must be vanquished completely and I will dictate the peace terms at the point of my soldiers' bayonets.
 * Address (7 February 1915), quoted in W. W. Coole (ed.), Thus Spake Germany (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1941), p. 364

 * I shan't give this up again, I swear to you.
 * On a visit to Flanders in Belgium which was under German occupation, said to Rudolf von Valentini (20 October 1915), quoted in Fritz Fischer, Germany's Aims in the First World War (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1967), p. 424, n. 1

 * Agreed, reject...This is the end of negotiations with America, once and for all! If Wilson wants war, let him provoke it and then have it.
 * Minute in response to a memorandum by Henning von Holtzendorff (18 March 1917), quoted in Fritz Fischer, Germany's Aims in the First World War (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1967), p. 306, n. 3

 * Where my Guards appear, there is no room for democracy.
 * Speech to representatives of German political parties (20 July 1917), quoted in Michael Balfour, The Kaiser and His Times (London: Penguin, 1975), pp. 379-380

 * God willing we shall be able to impose the coming peace upon our enemies, which we must do. They will only sue for peace when they have been beaten so badly that they have had enough. Once they admit to that they will have to accept a peace which takes into account the new and heavy loss of blood suffered by the German people solely as a result of their pigheadedness. The peace must – if needs be at their expense and without regard for their feelings in the future – contain such real guarantees for us that a world combination such as the present one can never again be successfully put together against us. That is to say a genuine, proper, common-or-garden peace of the kind that has so far always been signed after a victorious war. There is no place in such a peace for dreams of human happiness or humanitarian cosmopolitanism, only one's own naked self-interest and the guarantee of one's own security and greatness must count. The vanquished must submit to his fate!
 * Marginal note (10 March 1918), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile 1900-1941 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), pp. 1161-1162

 * The victory of the Germans over Russia was the pre-condition for the revolution, which was the pre-condition for Lenin, who was the pre-condition for Brest! The same applies in the west! First victory in the west and collapse of the Entente, then we shall make conditions which they have to accept! And they will be framed purely in accordance with our interests.
 * Marginal note written in early 1918 before the Spring Offensive, quoted in Fritz Fischer, Germany's Aims in the First World War (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1967), p. 610

 * I will take the Duchy of Courland, I, the victor by the strength of my sword, but not from the hand of the assembly.
 * Georg Alexander von Müller's diary entry (19 March 1918) before German Spring Offensive, quoted in Georg Alexander von Müller, The Kaiser and His Court (London: Macdonald, 1961), p. 343

 * The battle is won, the English have been utterly defeated.
 * Georg Alexander von Müller's diary entry (23 March 1918) after the first German successes of the Spring Offensive, quoted in Georg Alexander von Müller, The Kaiser and His Court (London: Macdonald, 1961), p. 344
 * If a British parliamentarian comes to sue for peace, he must first kneel before the imperial standard, for this is a victory of monarchy over democracy.
 * Remarks made after the first German successes of the Spring Offensive (26 March 1918), quoted in Fritz Fischer, Germany's Aims in the First World War (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1967), p. 618

 * [Peace] is completely impossible between Slavs and Germans...Peace with Russia can only be maintained by fear of us. The Slavs will always hate us and remain our enemies! they are only frightened of a man and they only respect him if he hits them hard! S. [see] Japan! So it will be with us, too! The Entente, if it wants, and if my diplomacy is too stupid, can always do what it likes in Russia - it has driven it into war; but our preponderance in the German area is necessary to keep Russia away from our eastern frontier once and for all; no peace with Russia, however favourable, will give us that!
 * Marginal note to a memorandum written by Hellmuth Lucius von Stoedten (May 1918), quoted in Fritz Fischer, Germany's Aims in the First World War (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1967), p. 580

 * Either Germanic ideals or Anglo-Saxon ones must prevail. Justice, freedom, honor, and virtue will triumph, or the worship of money. There can be only one victor in this struggle. German ideals are at stake!
 * Speech in the aftermath of the Spring Offensive (18 July 1918), quoted in Fritz Fischer, World Power or Decline (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1974), p. 92

 * I see that we must strike a balance. We have nearly reached the limit of our powers of resistance. The war must be ended.
 * Remarks made at the meeting of the German warlords at Advanced General Headquarters at Avesnes (11 August 1918), quoted in John Terraine, To Win A War: 1918 The Year of Victory (London: Cassell, 2003), p. 121

 * I haven't had a wink of sleep since I left Wilhelmshohe. I'm gradually cracking up. The troops continue to retreat. I have lost all confidence in them.
 * Georg Alexander von Müller's diary entry (9 September 1918), quoted in Georg Alexander von Müller, The Kaiser and His Court (London: Macdonald, 1961), p. 343

 * But there have been those who did not want to work, but wanted to rest on their laurels. They were our enemies. We angered them through our prosperous development, our industry and science, our art and popular education, social legislation, etc. That raised our nation to a high place, and then came envy. Envy caused our opponents to fight, and so the war came over us who had no idea of it.
 * Address to Officials and Workers at Krupp's (11 September 1918), quoted in W. W. Coole (ed.), Thus Spake Germany (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1941), p. 114

 * The war has ended - quite differently, indeed, from how we expected. Our politicians have failed us miserably.
 * Reaction to Hindenburg and Ludendorff' s advice that an armistice must be requested (29 September 1918), quoted in Fritz Fischer, Germany's Aims in the First World War (New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1967), p. 634

 * Well, this is a strange reversal of the situation. The English are at loggerheads with the Americans. The Lansdowne Clique has coalesced with the Labour Party to obtain a swift acceptable peace for Germany. It seems that Lloyd George put pressure on him to this end. On the other hand we know that the Paris Senate has said that it will not come to the conference table to sue for peace but pursue the war with every means in its power. After your report I'll read you a confidential letter I have received from an agent in Holland...The agent...points to a possibility of coming to terms with England, which is obviously perturbed by American numerical superiority, and thinks we should have done better not to make peace overtures to America but to England...An agreement with England, to include a treaty with Japan to fling the Americans out of Europe. A European Monroe doctrine therefore to which I outlined to Hintze at Spa as the policy to be followed in future.
 * Georg Alexander von Müller's diary entry (29 October 1918), quoted in Georg Alexander von Müller, The Kaiser and His Court (London: Macdonald, 1961), pp. 416-417

 * The deepest, most disgusting shame ever perpetrated by a people in history, the Germans have done onto themselves. Egged on and misled by the tribe of Juda whom they hated, who were guests among them! That was their thanks! Let no German ever forget this, nor rest until these parasites have been destroyed and exterminated from German soil! This poisonous mushroom on the German oak-tree!
 * Letter to General August von Mackensen (2 December 1919), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, The Kaiser and his Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p. 210

1920s

 * The Engl[ish], French and German Jews were all in cahoots with one another. Their sole aim was to establish the Jewish domination of the world. Therefore they first had to enslave the German people completely. The Engl[ish] Prime Minister [David Lloyd George] was completely in the hands of the Jews...When a new era dawned once more in Germany the Jews would meet their fate in no uncertain terms. They had syphoned off some 80 billions out of the country. They would have to repay all of this, the government must start by demanding 15 billions immediately. They would have to forfeit everything, their art collections, their houses, all their property. They would have to be removed once and for all from all their public offices, they must be thrown completely to the ground.
 * Remarks to his doctor, Dr Haehner (8 March 1921), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile 1900-1941 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), pp. 1234-1235

 * A Jew cannot be a true patriot. He is something different, like a bad insect. He must be kept apart, out of a place where he can do mischief – even by pogroms, if necessary. The Jews are responsible for Bolshevism in Russia, and Germany too. I was far too indulgent with them during my reign, and I bitterly regret the favors I showed the prominent Jewish bankers.
 * The Chicago Tribune, 2 July 1922

 * All the Jews needed to be expelled from the press, none of them could be allowed to work their poison in this way, one day I would see, on his restoration, what a pogrom there would then be, but of a different and more effective kind than all those in Galicia!
 * Remarks to his doctor, Dr Haehner (7 October 1922), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile 1900-1941 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), p. 1235

 * England, France, and Russia have conspired...to wage a war of annihilation against us.
 * 30 July, 1924, quoted in World War I: The Definitive Visual History (United States: Smithsonian, 2014), p. 20

 * They [Jews] belong to the Coloured Races and not the European White Race...which they intend to enervate, subjugate and destroy!
 * Letter to George Sylvester Viereck (21 April 1926), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile 1900-1941 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), p. 1237

 * Our Christian God, the merciful, forgiving God, the personification of eternal love, our father, as Christ has taught us, had absolutely not the slightest thing in common with the vengeful bloodthirsty, angry old Jahweh of the Jews...the old Jew-God Jahweh is...identical with Satan!
 * Letter to Eva Chamberlain-Wagner (14 April 1927), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile 1900-1941 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), p. 1236

 * The Hebrew race are my most inveterate enemies at home and abroad; they remain what they are and always were: the forgers of lies and the masterminds governing unrest, revolution, upheaval by spreading infamy with the help of their poisoned, caustic, satyrical spirit. If the world once wakes up it should mete out to them the punishment in store for them, which they deserve.
 * Letter to Poultney Bigelow (14 April 1927), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, The Kaiser and his Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p. 210

 * Press, Jews & Mosquitoes...are a nuisance that humanity must get rid of in some way or another. I believe the best would be gas?
 * Letter to Poultney Bigelow (15 August 1927), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile 1900-1941 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), p. 1238

1930s

 * For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German.
 * In regard to Adolf Hitler's Kristallnacht (November 1938); as quoted in Our German Cousins: Anglo-German Relations in the 19th and 20th Centuries (1974) by John Mander, p. 219

 * There's a man alone, without family, without children, without God ... He [Hitler] builds legions, but he doesn't build a nation. A nation is created by families, a religion, traditions: it is made up out of the hearts of mothers, the wisdom of fathers, the joy and the exuberance of children ... For a few months I was inclined to believe in National Socialism. I thought of it as a necessary fever. And I was gratified to see that there were, associated with it for a time, some of the wisest and most outstanding Germans. But these, one by one, he has got rid of or even killed ... He has left nothing but a bunch of shirted gangsters! This man could bring home victories to our people each year, without bringing them either glory or danger. But of our Germany, which was a nation of poets and musicians, of artists and soldiers, he has made a nation of hysterics and hermits, engulfed in a mob and led by a thousand liars or fanatics."
 * Quoted by Ken Magazine, "The Kaiser on Hitler" (15 December 1938)

1940s

 * Under the deeply moving impression of France's capitulation I congratulate you and all the German armed forces on the God-given prodigious victory with the words of Kaiser Wilhelm the Great of the year 1870: "What a turn of events through God's dispensation!" All German hearts are filled with the chorale of Leuthen, which the victors of [the Battle of] Leuthen, the soldiers of the Great King sang [in 1757]: Now thank we all our God!
 * Telegram to Hitler (19 June 1940), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile 1900-1941 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), p. 1261

 * I was deeply moved by the incomparable achievements of the German Wehrmacht, leading to such prodigious successes. I followed the development of operations in minute detail with the aid of maps. Under brilliant leadership all sections of the armed forces displayed the greatest courage to achieve deeds that were quite stunning. The ignominy of November 1918 in the forest of Compiègne has been wiped out and the Diktat of Versailles torn up!
 * Letter to Kurt Jagow (5 July 1940), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile 1900-1941 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), p. 1238

 * [The English ruling classes are] Freemasons thoroughly infected by Juda. The British people must be liberated from the Antichrist Juda. We must drive Juda out of England just as he has been chased out of the Continent...Juda's plan has been smashed to pieces and they themselves swept out of the European Continent! [Europe is] consolidating and closing itself off from British influences after the elimination of the British and the Jews!
 * Letter to Alwina Grafin von der Goltz (July/August 1940), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, The Kaiser and his Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p. 211-212

 * [The war is] a succession of miracles! The old Prussian spirit of Frd. Rex, of Clausewitz, Blücher, York, Gneisenau etc. has again manifested itself, as in 1870-71...The brilliant leading Generals in this war came from My school, they fought under my command in the [First] World War as lieutenants, captains or young majors. Educated by Schlieffen they put the plans he had worked out under me into practice along the same lines as we did in 1914.
 * Letter to Poultney Bigelow (14 September 1940), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, The Kaiser and his Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p. 211

 * The hand of God is creating a new World & working miracles...We are becoming the U.S. of Europe under German leadership, a united European Continent, nobody ever hoped to see. The Jews [are] beeing thrust out of their nefarious positions in all countries, whom they have driven to hostility for centuries.
 * Letter to Margarethe Landgraffin von Hessen (3 November 1940), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, The Kaiser and his Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p. 212

 * The feats of our brave troops are wonderful, God gave them success. — May He continue to help them to peace with honour, & the victory over Juda & Antichrist in British garb.
 * Letter to Margarethe Landgraffin von Hessen (20 April 1941), quoted in John C. G. Röhl, Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile 1900-1941 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), p. 1262

The Growth of Nationalism (1918)

 * Quotes from The Growth of Nationalism : Germany and Italy 1815-1939  by Ronald Cameron, Charles Robertson, and Christine Henderson

 * The fleet is necessary to show that Germany is as well-born as Britain.

 * Let me assure the Sultan and the three hundred million Moslems... That the German Emperor will ever be their friend.
 * On the Sultan of Turkey, while on the railway to Baghdad

 * You English are like mad bulls — you see red everywhere! What on earth has come over you, that you would heap on us such suspicion as is unworthy of a great nation... I regard this misapprehension as a personal insult... You make it uncommonly difficult for a man to remain friendly to England.
 * To the Daily Telegraph on his attitude towards Britain

Quotes about Wilhelm II

 * No one should judge the career of the Emperor William II without asking the question, "What should I have done in his position?" Imagine yourself brought up from childhood to believe that you were appointed by God to be the ruler of a mighty nation, and that the inherent virtue of your blood raised you far above ordinary mortals. Imagine succeeding in the twenties to the garnered prizes, in provinces, in power and in pride, of Bismarck's three successive victorious wars. Imagine feeling the magnificent German race bounding beneath you in ever-swelling numbers, strength, wealth and ambition; and imagine on every side the thunderous tributes of crowd-loyalty and the skilled unceasing flattery of courtierly adulation.
 * Winston Churchill, Great Contemporaries (London: The Reprint Society, 1941), p. 23.

 * Every new publication makes the image of this weakling, coward, domineering brute and braggart, this posing dunce who plunged Germany into misfortune even more repugnant. There is not a single trait in him that could arouse sympathy or pity; he is entirely contemptible.
 * Harry Graf Kessler's diary (11 November 1928), quoted in Christopher Clark, Kaiser Wilhelm II - Life in Power (London: Penguin, 2009), p. 300.

 * [G]ifted, with a quick understanding, sometimes brilliant, with a taste for the modern — technology, industry, science — but at the same time superficial, hasty, restless, unable to relax, without any deeper level of seriousness, without any desire for hard work or drive to see things through to the end, without any sense of sobriety, for balance and boundaries, or even for reality and real problems, uncontrollable and scarcely capable of learning from experience, desperate for applause and success — as Bismarck said early on in his life, he wanted every day to be his birthday — romantic, sentimental and theatrical, unsure and arrogant, with an immeasurably exaggerated self-confidence and desire to show off, a juvenile cadet, who never took the tone of the officers' mess out of his voice, and brashly wanted to play the part of the supreme warlord, full of panicky fear of a monotonous life without any diversions, and yet aimless, pathological in his hatred against his English mother.
 * Thomas Nipperdey, Deutsche Geschichte 1866–1918 (1992), translated by Richard J. Evans

 * With his contempt for everything civil, his contempt for the Slavs, his hatred of the Jews, his escalating fantasies of world power, he represented attitudes and ideas that were taken up, radicalized and put into practice by the National Socialists. In this respect, it is quite justified to call him a harbinger of Hitler.
 * Volker Ullrich: Er ist durch und durch falsch. Review of the third and final volume of John C. G. Röhl's Biography of the Emperor. In: Die Zeit, Hamburg, No. 41, 1 October 2008.

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound, rooted in blues and psychedelia on their early albums, has earned them recognition as one of the progenitors of heavy metal, though their unique style drew from a wide variety of influences, including folk music.

Jimmy Page

 * Stop playing the guitar one day and you will notice. Stop touching it for two days and your teacher will notice. Stop playing it three times and the audience will start to notice.
 * Jimmy Page at Todomusica.org

 * I have to do a lot of hard work before I can get anywhere near those stages of consistent, total brilliance.
 * Jimmy Page, ref. Stairway to Heaven, Rolling Stone interview.

Song lyrics
All songs written by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, except where noted.

Singles

 * Wanna tell you about the girl I love My she looks so fine She's the only one that I been dreamin' of Maybe someday she will be all mine I wanna tell her that I love her so I thrill with her every touch I need to tell her she's the only one I really love.
 * Hey Hey What Can I Do, written by Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham (1970)

 * I got a woman, wanna ball all day I got a woman, she won't be true, no I got a woman, stay drunk all the time I said I got a little woman and she won't be true.
 * Hey Hey What Can I Do

 * In the bars, with the men who play guitars Singin', drinkin' and rememberin' the times My little lover does a midnight shift She's followed around all the time I guess there's just one thing a-left for me to do Gonna pack my bags and move on my way Cause I got a worried mind Sharin' what I thought was mine Gonna leave her where the guitars play.
 * Hey Hey What Can I Do

Led Zeppelin (1969)

 * In the days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man, Now I've reached that age, I've tried to do all those things the best I can. No matter how I try, I find my way into the same old jam.
 * Good Times Bad Times, written by Bonham, Jones, and Page

 * Good Times, bad times, you know I've had my share. Well, my woman left home for a brown-eyed man But I still don't seem to care.
 * Good Times Bad Times

 * I know what it means to be alone, I sure do wish I was at home. I don't care what the neighbors say, I'm gonna love you each and every day.
 * Good Times Bad Times

 * Babe, baby, baby, I'm gonna leave you. I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you. I'll leave you when the summertime, Leave you when the summer comes a rollin' Leave you when the summer comes along.
 * Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, written by Page, Plant, and Anne Bredon

 * Woman, woman, I know, I know it's good to have you back again. And I know that one day baby, it's gonna really grow, yes it is. We gonna go walkin through the park every day. Hear what I say, every day/Baby, its really growin, you made me happy every single day But now I've got to go away.
 * Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

 * Been dazed and confused for so long, it's not true. A-wanted a woman, never bargained for you. Lots of people talkin', few of them know Soul of a woman was created below.
 * Dazed and Confused, written by Jimmy Page

 * Every day I work so hard, bringin' home my hard-earned pay. Try to love you, baby, but you push me away. Don't know where you're goin', only know just where you've been. Sweet little baby, I want you again.
 * Dazed and Confused

 * Lyin', cheatin', hurtin, that's all you seem to do, Messin' around, every guy in town. Puttin' me down for thinkin' of someone new. Always the same, playin' your game. Drive me insane, trouble's gonna come to you. One of these days, and it won't be long, You'll look for me, but, baby, I'll be gone.
 * Your Time is Gonna Come, written by Jones and Page

 * Hey, girl, stop what you're doin', Hey, girl, you'll drive me to ruin. I don't know what it is I like about you, but I like it a lot. Won't you let me hold you, now, let me feel your lovin' touch?
 * Communication Breakdown, written by Bonham, Jones, and Page

 * Communication breakdown, it's always the same, Havin' a nervous breakdown, a-drive me insane.
 * Communication Breakdown

 * Hey, girl, I got somethin' I think you oughta know, Hey, babe, I wanna tell ya that I love you so. I wanna hold you in my arms, yeah, I'm never gonna let you go, 'cause I like your charm.
 * Communication Breakdown

Led Zeppelin II (1969)

 * You need coolin', baby, I'm not foolin', I'm gonna send you back to schoolin', Way down inside honey, you need it, I'm gonna give you my love, I'm gonna give you my love.
 * Whole Lotta Love, written by Bonham, Willie Dixon, Jones, Page, and Plant

 * Way down inside. Way down inside. Way down inside, woman, you Woman Woman, you You need it Need Love.
 * Whole Lotta Love

 * And if I say to you tomorrow Take my hand, child, come with me. It's to a castle I will take you Where what's to be, they say will be.
 * What Is and What Should Never Be

 * Catch the wind, see us spin, sail away, leave today, way up high in the sky. But the wind won't blow, you really shouldn't go, it only goes to show That you will be mine, by takin' our time.
 * What Is and What Should Never Be

 * So if you wake up with the sunrise And all your dreams are still as new. And happiness is what you need so bad Well, girl, the answer live with you, yeah.
 * What Is and What Should Never Be

 * Squeeze me, babe, 'till the juice runs down my leg. Do, squeeze, squeeze me, baby, until the juice runs down my leg. The way you squeeze my lemon-a I'm gonna fall right outta bed.
 * The Lemon Song, written by Bonham, "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett, Jones, Page, and Plant

 * If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you. When mountains crumble to the sea, There would still be you and me. Kind woman, I give you my all Kind woman, nothing more. Little drops of rain whisper of the pain, Tears of loves lost in the days gone by My love is strong, with you there is no wrong. Together we shall go until we die, my, my, my. Inspiration is what you are to me; Inspiration, look 'n' see.
 * Thank You

 * Hey, fellas, have ya heard the news? Ya know that Annie's back in town. It won't take long, just watch and see All the fellas lay their money down. Her style is new but the face is the same as it was so long ago. But from her eyes a different smile like of the one who knows.
 * Heartbreaker, written by Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant

 * People talkin' all around 'bout the way you left me flat, I don't care what the people say, I know where their jive is at. One thing I do have on my mind, if you can clarify please do: It's the way you call me by another guy's name when I try to make love to you.
 * Heartbreaker

 * With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat, Livin', lovin', she's just a woman. Missus cool rides out in her aged Cadillac, Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
 * Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)

 * Alimony, alimony payin' your bills, Livin', lovin', she's just a woman. When your conscience hits, you knock it back with pills. Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
 * Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)

 * Leaves are fallin' all around, time I was on my way. Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay. But now it's time for me to go, the autumn moon lights my way. For now I smell the rain, and with it, pain. And it's headed my way. Aw, sometimes I grow so tired, But I know I've got one thing I got to do.
 * Ramble On

 * Got no time to for spreadin' roots, The time has come to be gone. And to' our health we drank a thousand times, it's time to ramble on.
 * Ramble On

 * A-ramble on, and now's the time, the time is now. Sing my song, I'm goin' 'round the world, I gotta find my girl. On my way, I've been this way ten years to the day. Ramble on, gotta find the queen of all my dreams.
 * Ramble On

 * Mine's a tale that can't be told, my freedom I hold dear. How years ago in days of old, when magic filled the air. T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair. But Gollum and the evil one, crept up and slipped away with her, her, her....yeah.
 * Ramble On

 * Try to tell you baby, what you tryin' to do? Tryin' to love me baby, love some other man too. Bring it on home.
 * Bring It On Home, written by Page, Plant, and Willie Dixon

Led Zeppelin III (1970)

 * Ah, ah, We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow. The hammer of the gods, we'll drive our ships to new lands, To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming! On we sweep with threshing oar, Our only goal will be the western shore.
 * Immigrant Song

 * So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins, For peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing.
 * Immigrant Song

 * Had a friend, she once told me, "You got love, you ain't lonely." Now she's gone and left me only Looking for what I knew. Mmm, I'm telling you now, The greatest thing you ever can do now, Is trade a smile with someone who's blue now. It's very easy, just.
 * Friends

 * Working from seven to eleven every night, It really makes life a drag, I don't think that's right. I've really been the best, the best of fools, I did what I could, yeah. 'Cause I love you, baby, How I love you, darling, How I love you, baby. I'm in love with you, girl, little girl. But baby, since I've been loving you, yeah, I'm about to lose my worried mind.
 * Since I've Been Loving You, written by Jones, Page, and Plant

 * Do you remember mama, when I knocked upon your door? I said you had the nerve to tell me you didn't want me no more, yeah. I open my front door, I hear my back door slam. You know I must have one of them new fangled, new fangled back doors man.
 * Since I've Been Loving You

 * As I walk down the highway all I do is sing this song And a train that's passin' my way helps the rhythm move along. There is no doubt about the words are clear, The voice is strong, is oh so strong.
 * Out on the Tiles, written by Bonham, Page, and Plant

 * Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while, Think I see my friends coming, Riding a many mile. Friends, did you get some silver? Did you get a little gold? What did you bring me, my dear friends, To keep me from the Gallows Pole? What did you bring me to keep me from the Gallows Pole?
 * Gallows Pole, Traditional, arr. Jimmy Page/Robert Plant, based on The Maid Freed from the Gallows

 * Tangerine, Tangerine, Living reflection of a dream; I was her love, she was my queen, And now a thousand years between.
 * Tangerine, written by Jimmy Page

 * And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers, But all that lives is born to die. And so I say to you that nothing really matters, And all you do is stand and cry.
 * That's the Way

 * Ah caught you smiling at me, That's the way it should be. Like a leaf is to a tree, so fine. Ah all the good times we had, I sang love songs so glad. Always smiling, never sad, so fine.
 * Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, written by Jones, Page, and Plant

Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

 * Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove. Oh, oh, child, way you shake that thing, gonna make you burn, gonna make you sting. Hey, hey, baby, when you walk that way, watch your honey drip, can't keep away.
 * Black Dog, written by Page, Plant, and Jones

 * Didn't take too long 'fore I found out, what people mean by down and out. Spent my money, took my car, started telling her friends she wants to be a star. I don't know but I been told, a big-legged woman ain't got no soul.
 * Black Dog

 * All I ask for when I pray, steady rollin' woman gonna come my way. Need a woman gonna hold my hand, won't tell me no lies, make me a happy man.
 * Black Dog

 * It's been a long time since I rock and rolled, It's been a long time since I did the Stroll. Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back, Let me get it back, baby, where I come from. It's been a long time, been a long time, Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. Yes it has.
 * Rock and Roll, written by Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham

 * Hoh, it's been so long since we walked in the moonlight A-making vows that just can't work right. Haw-haw, yeah, open your arms, open your arms, open your arms, Baby let my love come runinng in, a-yeah.
 * Rock and Roll

 * The Queen of Light took her bow and then she turned to go, The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom and walked the night alone.
 * The Battle of Evermore

 * The apples of the valley hold the seeds of happiness; The ground is rich from tender care, which they do not forget, no, no. Dance in the dark night, sing to the morning light.
 * The Battle of Evermore

 * The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath. The drums will shake the castle wall, the Ringwraiths ride in black (ride on).
 * The Battle of Evermore

 * There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven. When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for. Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven.
 * Stairway to Heaven

 * There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven. It makes me wonder.
 * Stairway to Heaven

 * There's a feeling I get when I look to the west, And my spirit is crying for leaving. In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees, And the voices of those who stand looking. And it makes me wonder, Really makes me wonder.
 * Stairway to Heaven

 * And it's whispered that soon if we all call a tune, Then the Piper will lead us to reason. And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, And the forests will echo with laughter.
 * Stairway to Heaven

 * If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, It's just a spring clean for the May Queen. Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on. And it makes me wonder.
 * Stairway to Heaven

 * Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know. The Piper's calling you to join him. Dear lady, can't you hear the wind blow, and did you know? Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
 * Stairway to Heaven

 * And as we wind on down the road Our shadows taller than our soul. There walks a lady we all know Who shines white light and wants to show How everything still turns to gold. And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last. When all are one and one is all To be a rock and not to roll.
 * Stairway to Heaven

 * Walkin' in the park just the other day, baby, What do you, what do you think I saw? Crowds of people sittin' on the grass with flowers in their hair said, Hey, Boy, do you wanna score?" And you know how it is I really don't know what time it was, woh, oh, oh so I asked them if I could stay a while.
 * Misty Mountain Hop, written by Page, Plant, and Jones

 * If you go down in the streets today, Baby, you better, You better open your eyes. Folk down there really don't care, really don't care, don't care, really don't Which, which way the pressure lies, So I've decided what I'm gonna do now. So I'm packing my bags for the Misty Mountains Where the spirits go now, Over the hills where the spirits fly, ooh. I really don't know.
 * Misty Mountain Hop

 * And when the owls cry in the night Oh, Baby, Baby, when the pines begin to cry. Baby, Baby, Baby, how do you feel? If the river runs dry, baby, how do you feel?
 * Four Sticks

 * Spent my days with a woman unkind, Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine. Made up my mind to make a new start, Going to California with an aching in my heart. Someone told me there's a girl out there With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair. Took my chances on a big jet plane, Never let them tell you that they're all the same. The sea was red and the sky was grey, Wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today. The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake As the children of the sun began to awake.
 * Going to California

 * Seems like the wrath of the gods got a punch on the nose and it started to flow, I think I might be sinking. Throw me a line if I reach it in time, I'll meet you up there where the path runs straight and high.
 * Going to California

 * To find a queen without a king, They say she plays guitar and cries and sings... la la la Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born. Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams, Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems.
 * Going to California

 * Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan; Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home.
 * When the Levee Breaks, written by Memphis Minnie, Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham

 * If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break, When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay.
 * When the Levee Breaks

 * Don't it make you feel bad when you're tryin' to find your way home, You don't know which way to go?
 * When the Levee Breaks

 * Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good. Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good. When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.
 * When the Levee Breaks

 * All last night sat on the levee and moaned; All last night sat on the levee and moaned. Thinkin' about my baby and my happy home, Going, going to Chicago.. Going to Chicago.. Sorry but I can't take you..Going down.. going down now.. going down...
 * When the Levee Breaks

Houses of the Holy (1973)

 * Hear my song. People won't you listen now? Sing along. You don't know what you're missing now. Any little song that you know Everything that's small has to grow. And it has to grow!
 * The Song Remains the Same

 * California sunlight, sweet Calcutta rain, Honolulu starlight, the song remains the same!
 * The Song Remains the Same

 * This is the springtime of my loving - the second season I am to know You are the sunlight in my growing—so little warmth I've felt before. It isn't hard to feel me glowing—I watched the fire that grew so low.
 * The Rain Song

 * These are the seasons of emotion and like the winds they rise and fall. This is the wonder of devotion—I seek the torch we all must hold. This is the mystery of the quotient: - Upon us all, upon us all a little rain must fall...It's just a little rain...
 * The Rain Song

 * Hey lady—you got the love I need Maybe more than enough. Oh darling, darling, darling walk a while with me. You've got so much...so much...
 * Over the Hills and Far Away

 * Many have I loved, many times been bitten Many times I've gazed along the open road. Many times I've lied - Many times I've listened Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. Many dreams come true and some have silver linings I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold.
 * Over the Hills and Far Away

 * Many is a word that only leaves you guessin'; Guessin' 'bout a thing you really ought to know. You really ought to know. I really ought to know.
 * Over the Hills and Far Away

 * Dancing days are here again as the summer evenings grow I got my flower, I got my power, I got a woman who knows.
 * Dancing Days

 * I saw a lion, he was standin' alone with a tadpole in a jar.
 * Dancing Days

 * You'll be my only, my one and only. Is that the way it should start?
 * Dancing Days

 * When I read the letter you wrote, it made me mad mad mad. When I read the news that it brought me, it made me sad sad sad. But I still love you so, I can't let you go I love you- ooh baby I love you.
 * D'yer Mak'er, written by Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant

 * Close the doors, put out the light You know they won't be home tonight. The snow falls hard and don't you know The winds of Thor are blowing cold. They're wearing steel that's bright and true, They carry news that must get through.
 * No Quarter, written by Jones, Page, and Plant

 * Walking side by side with death, The devil mocks their every step. The snow drives back the foot that's slow, The dogs of doom are howling more.
 * No Quarter

 * Singing in the sunshine, laughing in the rain, Hitting on the moonshine, rocking in the brain. Got no time to pack my bag, my foot's outside the door, Got a date, can't be late for the high hopes hailla ball.
 * The Ocean, written by Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant

 * Singing to an ocean, I can hear the ocean's roar, Play for free, play for me and play a whole lot more. Singing about the good things and the sun that lights the day, Used to sing on the mountains, Has the ocean lost its way?
 * The Ocean

Physical Graffiti (1975)

 * I've been to London, seen seven wonders. I know to trip is just to fall I used to rock it, sometimes I'd roll it. I always knew what it was for.
 * The Rover

 * In my time of dying, want nobody to mourn All I want for you to do is take my body home. Well, well, well so I can die easy...
 * In My Time of Dying, Traditional gospel song; adapted by Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham

 * Jesus, gonna make up my dyin' bed. Meet me, Jesus, meet me. Meet me in the middle of the air. If my wings should fail me, Lord, Please meet me with another pair.
 * In My Time of Dying

 * Oh, Gabriel, let me blow your horn; Let me blow your horn. Oh, I never did, did no harm.
 * In My Time of Dying

 * And I see them in the streets, And I see them in the field, And I hear them shouting under my feet. And I know it's got to be real. Oh, Lord, deliver me. All the wrong I've done, You can deliver me, Lord. I only wanted to have some fun.
 * In My Time of Dying

 * From the houses of the holy, we can watch the white doves go. From the door comes Satan's daughter, and it only goes to show, You know.
 * Houses of the Holy

 * So the world is spinning faster Are you dizzy when you're stoned? Let the music be your master. Will you heed the master's call? Oh-whoa-oh, Satan an' man Said there ain't no use in cryin'. 'Cause it will only, only drive you mad. Does it hurt to hear them lyin'? Was this the only world you had?
 * Houses of the Holy

 * Ooh, trouble-free transmission, helps your oils flow, Mama, let me pump your gas, mama, let me do it all.
 * Trampled Under Foot, written by Page, Plant, and Jones

 * Dig that heavy metal underneath your hood, Baby, I can work all night, believe I got the perfect tools.
 * Trampled Under Foot

 * Come to me for service every hundred miles, Baby, let me check your points, fix your overdrive.
 * Trampled Under Foot

 * Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face And stars to fill my dream I am a traveller of both time and space To be where I have been To sit with elders of the gentle race This world has seldom seen. They talk of days for which they sit and wait All will be revealed
 * Kashmir, written by Page, Plant, and Bonham

 * All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground. And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land. Tryin' to find....Tryin' to find where I've been.
 * Kashmir

 * Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream. Heed the path that led me to that place, Yellow desert stream. My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon Will return again. Sure as the dust that floats b'hind you When movin' through Kashmir.
 * Kashmir

 * Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails, across the sea of years With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear.
 * Kashmir

 * Then as it was, then again it will be An' though the course may change sometimes Rivers always reach the sea Blind stars of fortune, each have several rays On the wings of maybe, down in birds of prey Kind of makes me feel sometimes, didn't have to grow But as the eagle leaves the nest, it's got so far to go.
 * Ten Years Gone

Presence (1976)

 * With all the fun to have, to live the dreams we always had. Oh, the songs to sing, when we at last return again.
 * Achilles Last Stand

 * Oh, to sail away, to sandy lands and other days. Oh, to touch the dream, hides inside and never seen.
 * Achilles Last Stand

 * It was an April morning when they told us we should go As I turn to you, you smiled at me. How could we say no?
 * Achilles Last Stand

 * Sending off a glancing kiss, to those who claim they know. Below the streets that steam and hiss, The devil's in his hole.
 * Achilles Last Stand

 * Into the sun the south the north, at last the birds have flown. The shackles of commitment fell, in pieces on the ground. Oh to ride the wind, to tread the air above the din. Oh to laugh aloud, dancing as we fought the crowd.
 * Achilles Last Stand

 * If one bell should ring, In celebration for a king, So fast the heart should beat, As proud the head with heavy feet. Days went by when you and I, bathed in eternal summer's glow. As far away and distant Our mutual child did grow. Oh the sweet refrain, Soothes the soul and calms the pain. Oh Albion remains, sleeping now to rise again. Wandering & wandering, what place to rest the search? The mighty arms of Atlas, hold the heavens from the earth.
 * Achilles Last Stand

 * You said I was the only, oh, oh With my lemon in your hand. Exhibition is your habit, Emotions second hand, oh, oh. Had to pull away to save me; Maybe next time around. And she said, don't you wannit? Don't you want coca coca cocaine? Hadn't planned to, could not stand to Try it, friend, yeah, na, na, yeah.
 * For Your Life

 * One town love, you better take care how you use it. Try to make it last all night, and if you take your pick, Be careful how you choose it. Sometimes its hard to feel it bite. Feel it bite.
 * Royal Orleans, written by Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant

 * Devil he told me to roll, Devil he told me to roll roll roll roll. How to roll the log tonight, Nobody's fault but mine.
 * Nobody's Fault but Mine

 * How come twenty four hours Baby sometimes seem to slip into days? Oh twenty-four hours Baby sometimes seem to slip into days. When a minute seems like a lifetime, Ooh baby when I feel this way. Sittin, lookin at the clock. Oh time moves so slow. I've been watchin' for the hands to move Until I just can't look no more. How come twenty four hours Baby sometimes seems to slip into days?
 * Tea For One

In Through the Out Door (1979)

 * In the evening, When the day is done I'm looking for a woman; Oh, but the girl don't come. So don't let her Play you for a fool. She don't show no pity baby, No no, she don't make no rules.
 * In the Evening, written by Jones, Page, and Plant

 * Oh it's simple, all the pain that you go through, You can turn away from fortune, fortune, 'cause that's all that's left to you. It's lonely at the bottom, man, it's dizzy at the top, But if you're standing in the middle, ain't no way you're gonna stop.
 * In the Evening

 * Well there's a light in your eye that keeps shining Like a star that can't wait for the night I hate to think I've been blinded baby Why can't I see you tonight?
 * Fool In the Rain, written by Jones, Page, and Plant

 * Now I will stand in the rain on the corner I'll watch the people go shuffling downtown. Another ten minutes, no longer And then I'm turning around. The clock on the wall's moving slower; My heart it sinks to the ground. And the storm that I thought would blow over Clouds the light of the love that I found.
 * Fool In the Rain

 * Now my body is starting to quiver And the palms of my hands getting wet. I've got no reason to doubt you baby, It's all a terrible mess. I'll run in the rain till I'm breathless. When I'm breathless I'll run till I drop, hey. The thoughts of a fool's kind of careless; I'm just a fool waiting on the wrong block, oh yeah. Light of the love that I found...
 * Fool In the Rain

 * For many hours and days that pass ever soon The tides have caused the flame to dim. At last the arm is straight, the hand to the loom. Is this to end or just begin? All of my love, all of my love, All of my love to you.
 * All My Love, written by Jones and Plant

Coda (1982)

 * It starts out like a murmur Then it grows like thunder Until it bursts inside of you Try to hold it steady Wait until you're ready Any second now will do Throw the door wide open Not a word is spoken Anything that you want to do Ya know, ya know, ya know...
 * Wearing and Tearing

About Led Zeppelin

 * The song titles are complex, but when it comes to the album titles, they lay them out like IKEA instructions: Zeppelin I, Zeppelin II, Zeppelin III, Zeppelin IV. The fifth album, Houses of the Holy, is where they regain their insanity. Just to fuck with you, it does not contain one of their few hits that has the title in the lyrics, "Houses of the Holy". That's on Physical Graffiti.
 * Adam Carolla (2011) In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle Aged White Guy. Crown/Archetype, p. 77

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Our feeble apprehension of the solemn reality of eternal things may be the true cause of our want of success. ~ James Hudson Taylor

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Baruch Ashlag

Baruch Shalom Ashlag (1907–1991), a.k.a. Rabash, was a great Kabbalist who continued developing the Kabbalistic teachings of his father, Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, after his father's passing. The Bnei Baruch group, created by Rav Michael Laitman for the continuation of dissemination of the Teachers’ work, has been named after Rav Baruch Shalom Ashlag.

Dargot HaSulam
- Rav Baruch Ashlag, Dargot HaSulam, Vol.1, Article 329—“The Essence of the Creation and the Correction of the Creation.”
 * The goal of creation is—to please the creation, i.e. the Creator wants to fill us with the very best. And until a man receives all the very perfect and the very best that has been ordained for him by the Creator, he experiences the lack of everything, and this is the sign that he hasn’t yet reached the goal of the creation.

- Rav Baruch Ashlag, Dargot HaSulam, Vol.1, Article 329—“The Essence of the Creation and the Correction of the Creation.”
 * A man has been entrusted to receive the Goal of creation by correcting himself. This action is called: “Which has been created by the Creator to be done.” This correction is the obtaining of the “intention to bestow.” Only in the degree of obtaining such an intention does a man become capable to receive what has been ordained for him by the Creator.

- Rav Baruch Ashlag, Dargot HaSulam, Vol.1, Article 489—"Clearing the Eyes"
 * The Creator is called—“Clearing the eyes of the man”—by the name of the action, which He performs by removing Malchut from the eyes of Partzuf. When the Creator removes the egoism from the eyes of a man, a man is awarded to discover the good.

Selected articles
- Rav Baruch Ashlag, "What are the powers which are needed for work?"
 * When one begins to work in order to bestow, and this goes against ones nature, this is called "toil," since the body (refers to ones wills and desires) opposes it, being that any movement which the body does not see that it will be use for itself, it opposes with all of its strength, and tremendous powers are needed to overcome it.

- Rav Baruch Ashlag, "The Influence of the Environment on a Person", in Kabbalah for the Student, Michael Laitman, ed., Laitman Kabbalah Publishers, 2008, p. 283.
 * A good, skillful worker is one who does not consider the reward, but enjoys his work. If, for example, a skillful tailor knows that the clothing fits its owner at every point, it gives him pleasure, more than the money he receives.

- Rav Baruch Ashlag, "Purpose of Society", in Kabbalah for the Student, Michael Laitman, ed., Laitman Kabbalah Publishers, 2008, p. 287.
 * One should receive pleasures that bring contentment to the Creator. This means that the creature will want to bestow upon the Creator, and will have fear of the Creator, of receiving for oneself, since reception of pleasure - when one receives for one's own benefit - removes him from cleaving to the Creator.

- Rav Baruch Ashlag, "Purpose of Society", in Kabbalah for the Student, Michael Laitman, ed., Laitman Kabbalah Publishers, 2008, p. 291.
 * To be integrated in one another, each person should annul himself before the others. This is done by each seeing the friends' merits and not their faults. But one who thinks that he is a little higher than the friends can no longer unite with them.

- Rav Baruch Ashlag, "Concerning the Importance of Society", in Kabbalah for the Student, Michael Laitman, ed., Laitman Kabbalah Publishers, 2008, p. 305.
 * [I]n matters of work on the path of truth, one should isolate oneself from other people. This is because the path of truth requires constant strengthening, since it is against the view of the world. The view of the world is knowing and receiving, whereas the view of Torah is faith and bestowal. If one strays from that, he immediately forgets all the work of the path of truth and falls into a world of self-love.

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User talk:82.80.69.146

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My main wiki activities are on the english language wikipedia (en:w). See my user page there. Leave messages for me on my talk page there. Thank you. DES 17:25, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

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My main wiki activities are on the english language wikipedia (en:w). See my user page there. Leave messages for me on my talk page there. Thank you. DES 17:27, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

--Aphaia 17:33, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * And a welcome from me too! It was nice to collaborate with you at WP, and I hope you will have fun contributing here. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 17:40, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:John Cage

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 * If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical, it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience.

 * The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.

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Judy Garland

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; 10 June 1922 – 22 June 1969) was an American film actress, singer and dancer. She is one the AFI's Ten Greatest Female Stars of American Cinema.

Quotes

 * When you get to know a lot of people, you make a great discovery. You find that no one group has a monopoly on looks, brains, goodness or anything else. It takes all the people - black and white, Catholic, Jewish and Protestant, recent immigrants and Mayflower descendants - to make up America..
 * Speaking for America, Scholastic Magazines (1946)

 * I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
 * As quoted in The Observer (18 February 1951)

 * You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.
 * LIFE magazine (2 June 1961)

 * I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.
 * Interview, NBC TV (16 March 1961)

 * I'm just an Irish biddy.
 * Press Confrence, Sydney Australia (18 May 1964)

 * Go and tell that nasty, rude little princess that we've known each other for long enough and gabbed enough in ladies' rooms that she should skip the ho-hum royal routine and just pop over here and ask me herself. … Tell her I'll sing if she christens a ship first.
 * Garland's annoyed response to a note from Princess Margaret "commanding" her to sing at a party in 1965, as quoted in Princess Margaret : A Biography (1977) by Theo Aronson.

 * Wouldn`t it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe we'd like each other a little bit more.
 * As quoted in Little Girl Lost (1974) by Al DiOrio, p. 9

 * As for my feelings toward "Over the Rainbow", it's become part of my life. It is so symbolic of all dreams and wishes that I'm sure that's why people sometimes get tears in their eyes when they hear it.
 * Letter to Harold Arlen, as quoted in Over the Rainbow : The Wizard of Oz as a Secular Myth of America (1991) by Paul Nathanson, p. 340

 * Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
 * As quoted in Business Etiquette for the Nineties : Your Ticket to Career Success (1992) by Lou Kennedy, p. 8

 * I wanted to believe, and I tried my damnedest to believe, in the rainbow I tried to get over, and I couldn't! … So what? Lots of people can't!
 * As quoted in Judy (1974) by Gerold Frank, p. 566

Quotes about Garland

 * I wish you would mention the joy she had for life, that’s what she gave me. If she was the tragic figure they say she was, I would be a wreck, wouldn't I? It was her love of life that carried her through everything. The middle of the road was never for her — it bored her. She wanted the pinnacle of excitement. If she was happy, she wasn’t just happy, she was ecstatic. And when she was sad, she was sadder then anyone. She lived eight lives in one, and yet I thought she would outlive us all. She was a great star, and a great talent, and for the rest of my life I will be proud to be Judy Garland's daughter. It wasn’t suicide, it wasn’t sleeping pills, it wasn’t cirrhosis. I think she was just tired, like a flower that blooms and gives joy and beauty to the world and then wilts away.
 * Liza Minnelli, as quoted in Little Girl Lost (1974) by Al DiOrio

 * Liza Minelli said she can't sing well enough those "special songs" of her late mother, Judy Garland, so she doesn't sing them at all. The award-winning entertainer said she'd "rather present a first-rate version of myself than a second-rate version of Mama."
 * As paraphrased and quoted in "News Spotlight," The Kingsport Daily News (December 11, 1974), p. 9

 * I couldn't sing Mama's special songs. I couldn't do them as well. I would rather present a first-rate version of myself than a second-rate version of Mama.
 * Liza Minelli, as quoted in I Remember It Well (1975) by Vincente Minelli with Hector Arce, p. 395; and reprinted in "Judy and Liza, Part 3" by Vincente Minelli, in The Sydney Herald (August 15, 1975), p. 8

 * I don't sing them because I couldn't sing them as well as she did. I'd rather be a first-rate version of myself than a second-rate version of anybody.
 * Liza Minelli, interviewed by Gene Shalit in the September 1977 issue of The Ladies Home Journal, as quoted in "Women in the News," in The Sarasota Herald-Tribune (August 24, 1977), p. 6-D

 * I'm carrying on a tradition. But I'd rather be a first-rate version of myself than a second-rate version of somebody else. I'm proud of my parents, and the only way that I can prove it to them is to take what they gave me and work my head off.
 * Liza Minelli, as quoted in "The Return of Liza" by Wilmer Ames, in The Bend Bulletin Family Weekly (November 1, 1981), p. 8

 * It really scared me to do what Mom did because I never did anything that she did. I promised her that I would never sing her songs, and I kept my promise. "You sing them better than anybody. I don't want to be a second-rate example of you. I want to be a first-rate example of myself."
 * Liza Minelli, as quoted in "Liza Minelli 'Never Felt Better' Despite Tabloids' Whispers" by Douglas J. Rowe, in TV Plus: The Schenectady Sunday Gazette Supplement (June 9, 1996), p. 4

 * My mother once told me never be a second-rate version of somebody else when you can be a first-rate version of yourself.
 * "[G]racefully handl[ing] audience demands for 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow,'" as quoted in "Coy Minnelli wows spirited audience; UM announces MCA construction" by Alicia Amstead, in The Bangor Daily News (September 18, 2006), p. A10

 * My mom was a phoenix who always expected to rise again from the ashes of her latest disaster. And in spite of her self-doubts, she had a very strong sense of who she was. She had a sense of self-worth. She loved being Judy Garland. Did she secretly long to be Frances Gumm? Somebody, Minnesota housewife? Are you kidding? She'd have run off with a vaudeville troupe just the way my grandfather did.
 * Lorna Luft, in Me and My Shadows : A Family Memoir (1999), p. 222
 * Also paraphrased as: "My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland."

 * I really hadn't intended on becoming a professional musician, but that isn't to say that I didn't have the dreams of being a Judy Garland in some sort of wonderful musical where this music came out of nowhere; things like that.
 * Maura O'Connell, quoted in "Maura O'Connell" by Denise Sofranko in Dirty Linen #38 (February/March 1992)

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User talk:69.22.252.216

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikiquote. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Please STOP adding "Jedi" sayings where they do NOT belong. You are welcome to add them to the Star Wars pages if they are not already there. Deliberate vandalism can result in IP addresses being blocked from editing. ~ Kalki 01:41, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * You have been asked to stop posting fraudulent quotes here. If you persist in doing so you will be blocked from editing. ~ Kalki 02:03, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Uncle Nagy's House, Alayna Rakes

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The result was: Deleted. --Aphaia 22:20, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Uncle Nagy's House, Alayna Rakes
Likely vanity pages from Ken Mickles, producer and of and actor in a web-only sitcom (apparently still under development) that is so un-notable that only gets 15 Google hits on 4 interrelated websites. (See this cached Google page for instructive details not available on the current site cited in the show article.) It looks like Mr. Mickles is trying to use Wikiquote to promote his project. UNH is the program, referred to by its creator as "probably the greatest achievement of mankind thus far". Ms. Rakes is a beauty pageant contestant who has an acting role in the program, with only 29 Google hits from 9 websites, including UNH's. UNH has one incredibly inane quote; AR has what appears to be a personal love note to Ken (not to his character). This is wrong for Wikiquote on so many levels. — Jeff Q (talk) 08:06, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED: Deleted. (3 deletes, no dissent). --Aphaia 22:20, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. — Jeff Q (talk) 08:06, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Aphaia 16:47, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Mr. Mickles 22:55, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC) Jeff - left a note on your talk page
 * Comment: I received a polite and humorous note from Kenmickles, who has voted to delete his own new articles above. Would that we had such cooperation from others creating articles that fall outside Wikiquote practices! But self-promotion aside, I must admit his program raises an issue that we'll have to deal with sooner or later — the growing existence of popular but web-only multimedia. The speedy-deleted "You Kicked My Dog" web comic had more notability than UNH but was still probably well under our radar. But if someone decides to add quotes from TROOPS, a wildly popular Star Wars-based spoof of COPS, which has only been released as a web-based movie, we'll be hard-pressed to define how such an article would be categorized, nor could we delete it for being unnotable. — Jeff Q (talk) 10:10, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Trust me, Jeff, you are just an idiot for not getting the potential greatness of UNH, nothing more. Really, have you even looked at one episode and tried understanding or what? Even over here in Amsterdam (NL, Europe) we laugh our asses of about this show! Didn't know rating was related to google hits, I mean, man that's pretty pathetic! 195.64.95.116 01:40, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Aleksandr Maksimov

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The result was: deleted. --Aphaia 29 June 2005 23:30 (UTC)

Aleksandr Maksimov
No notability, google search shows nothing obvious, no wikipedia article, single quote not found anywhere, not sourced, no blurb. MosheZadka 14:32, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Vote closes: Deleted (2 deletes, no dissent) --Aphaia 29 June 2005 23:30 (UTC)
 * Delete MosheZadka 14:32, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Even the three most "notable" Google citations of this name — a Ukranian music studio founder, a Russian admiral mentioned in passing in a policy studies paper, a Belarussian judge in a Red Cross contest — have thus far failed to merit a WP article or to seem particularly notable, and the single quote given sounds much more like a kid expressing teenage rebellion. — Jeff Q (talk) 00:01, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Alex Michalas

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The result was: Deleted. — Jeffq 1 July 2005 00:17 (UTC)

Alex Michalas

 * Non-notable. Kalki questioned the user the day it was posted with no response except seven months later a different anon erased his note. Delete. Rmhermen 17:22, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED. Result: Deleted (3 Deletes; no dissent). — Jeff Q (talk) 1 July 2005 00:17 (UTC)
 * Delete: No sign of notability. --Aphaia 00:45, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Jeff Q (talk) 00:08, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Alice Hoeltke

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The result was: deleted. Aphaia 23:30, 29 June 2005 (UTC)

Alice Hoeltke
All the revisions seem to be without notability. The person herself is unclear (at least on googling) but we have her quotes on other article(s) including Change. Wikipedia has had no article since last June. I doubt even her "quotes" should be changed their attributions into "anonymous". Any information will be welcome. --Aphaia 16:55, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Vote closes: Deleted (2 deletes, no dissent). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aphaia (talk • contribs) 23:30, 29 June 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. And change change. Rmhermen 16:57, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This article seems to be a game sandbox for one or two anon editors. The only external instances of Hoeltke quotes are on notoriously unreliable quote sites, and there are only 2 or 3 at that. Extremely unnotable; remove Change quote before deleting. — Jeff Q (talk) 00:06, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Andrey Marchuk

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The result was: Deleted. — Jeffq 05:37, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Andrey Marchuk
Probably misplaced user page. Rmhermen 14:36, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED. Result: Deleted (2 Deletes; 1 arguably implied Delete; no dissent). — Jeff Q (talk) 05:37, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No quotes. Does not exist in Wikipedia. jni 14:42, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Supposingly the editor intended to create his user page, but this editor was an anonym. (Or we could move it to his places ...) --Aphaia 17:13, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Andy Lai

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The result was: Deleted. ~ Kalki 19:09, 11 March 2005 (UTC)

Andy Lai

 * non-notable quote from non-notable personage. Rmhermen 17:39, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Deleted ~ Kalki

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Anime

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The result was: deleted.. — Aphaia 9 July 2005 03:50 (UTC)

Anime
One quote from a user where the link is to a wikipedia user page (not a main page). Likely vanity. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 01:47, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Vote closes: Result: deleted. (2 deletes, no dissent) --Aphaia 9 July 2005 03:50 (UTC)
 * Delete ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 01:47, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless at least one notable quote about anime is posted before the close date. This article title has potential, but without the quote from a Wikiquote user (which is inappropriate by policy), it would be blank. — Jeff Q (talk) 28 June 2005 05:08 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Anton Wolkov

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The result was: deleted.. — Aphaia 00:52, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Anton Wolkov
One (likely) misspelt quote by anon. No Wikipedia page, no Internet presense except WQ mirrors. Delete. jni June 27, 2005 12:50 (UTC)
 * Vote Closed: Result: deleted. (3 deletes, no dissent).--Aphaia 00:52, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. These apparent vanity pages are popping up so often that I'm beginning to think that we should use VfD to get the anons who create them to justify the article or have them deleted, rather than force the community to research them. How hard can it be to add a friggin' line about who a person is, and a link to why they're worth quoting? — Jeff Q (talk) 28 June 2005 04:33 (UTC)
 * Delete ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 05:39, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Areti metuamate

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The result was: delete. — Aphaia 22:03, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Areti metuamate
Appears to be a New Zealand college student. Rmhermen 14:36, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED: Result: delete (2 delete, no dissent).--Aphaia 22:03, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete No sign of notability.--Aphaia 17:17, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. — Jeff Q (talk) 10:57, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Aries

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The result was: Deleted. — Jeffq 04:53, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Aries

 * Don't know who/what Aries is supposed to be but the only quote on this page is widely attributed to Abraham Lincoln. Rmhermen 03:34, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED. Result: Deleted (3 Deletes, 1 implicit delete; no dissent). — Jeff Q (talk) 04:53, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Since this is one of those quotes that easily gets misattributed, I've asked the anonymous user to provide a source, on the off chance there is a solid one. — Jeff Q (talk) 12:03, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I assume it's some Japanese cartoon character quoting Lincoln:) Unless the person who created this article wants to elaborate... Sams 21:49, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I've seen no response from the author. — Jeff Q (talk) 19:28, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. It is indeed a Lincoln quote, therefore should be attributed to Lincoln. Not the zodiac sign (or cartoon character). Benn M 16:33, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Ashutosh Arya

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The result was: deleted. ~ Kalki 21:51, 29 May 2004 (UTC)

Ashutosh Arya
Ashutosh_Arya - The quotes are neither insightful nor funny, and no person by this name seems to be really noteworthy... - Marcika 149.159.131.193 22:29, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

 * This has been deleted. ~ Kalki 21:51, 29 May 2004 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Arthur Clayton Crafsee

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The result was: delete. — MosheZadka 6 July 2005 07:47 (UTC)

Arthur Clayton Crafsee
With googling "Arthur Clayton Crafsee" "Arthur Crafsee" and the first line ("The cockroaches stood on a hill") of this article, onle one result on slashdot is return. No Wikipedia article, too. At least on the Internet there is no sign of notability. --Aphaia 5 July 2005 16:08 (UTC)

 * Vote closed: Result: 'delete (2 deletes, no dissent)
 * Delete ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 6 July 2005 07:47 (UTC)
 * Delete unless evidence of notability provided. Jeff Q (talk) 22:48, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Askari Jafri

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The result was: Deleted. — Jeffq 07:46, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Askari Jafri
No quotes, no intro, no wp article, google points to various minor mentions (not sure if it's the same person). ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 9 July 2005 07:32 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: Deleted (3 Deletes; no dissent). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:46, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 9 July 2005 07:32 (UTC)
 * Delete unless evidence of notability provided. — Jeff Q (talk) 00:54, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No quotes. jni 05:47, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Austin Roberts

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The result was: deleted.. — Aphaia 20:41, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Austin Roberts
No apparent notability, same-named wp article is about someone else (with no disambig nod to this person). ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:28, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: deleted. (2 deletes, no dissent) --Aphaia 20:41, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless evidence of notability provided. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:28, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Concur with MosheZadka. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 22:28, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Bad title

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The result was: Deleted and protected with a message. — jni 09:31, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Bad title
Unexplained redirect to Antoine de Saint-Exupery, which itself is a redirect to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I considered speedy-deleting it, but I'm not certain that St-Ex didn't have a work with this title (in French, of course). — Jeff Q (talk) 09:14, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * VOTE CLOSED. Result: Deleted and protected with a message. jni 09:31, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I think this can be deleted, but except it to be re-created in some form because MediaWiki software has a curious feature to go to that page when it encounters a malformed link. For example, try to type as a page name in your browsers address bar, and you will be directed to [[Bad title. I don't know if it is possible to change this behaviour. jni 14:01, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I updated the page to show the text of MediaWiki:Badtitletext and protected it. I suggest we delete the history and the VfD tag from it, but leave the one version I put there to prevent constant re-creation. And maybe a warning/explanatory message on its talk. This is how WP handles this special case currently. jni 14:22, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and re-create in the way Jni proposed. --Aphaia 18:39, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as Jni said, and the re-created page would also be protected, if I understood correctly? Sams 20:15, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as jni said. Jeff Q (talk) 04:40, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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