Colonies are necessary to Germany. We shall get them through negotiation if possible; but if not, we shall take them.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Colonial expansion is framed as necessary for Germany, to be gained by negotiation or force.
- In plain terms
- Germany needs colonies and will get them whether peacefully or by force.
- What can you take from it?
- Expansionist goals pursued through diplomacy or force.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What drives expansion?
- How to resist aggression?
Another view
This justification normalizes aggression and violates sovereignty.
More from Hjalmar Schacht
The memory of war weighs undiminished upon the people's minds. That is because deeper than material wounds, moral wounds are smarting, inflicted by the so-call…
Permalink to quote #4 One thing I fear, that you Americans will do the same thing that you did after the last war. I mean that you will pull out of here and leave Europe, then Russi…
Permalink to quote #6 It has been shown that, in contrast to everything which classical national economy has hitherto taught, not the producer but the consumer is the ruling factor …
Permalink to quote #3
Related quotes
Germany, which has lately united 80 million Germans, has submitted certain neighboring countries to her supremacy and gained military strength in many aspects,…
Vyacheslav MolotovVyacheslav Molotov quote #9 All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist nation that is supporting the colonial regime in the colonies is the Unite…
Nikita KhrushchevNikita Khrushchev quote #29 In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest te…
Walter BagehotWalter Bagehot quote #38