Quote#Politics & Power
For I am of the opinion... that the reconquest of the German speaking…
Quote byFriedrich Engels · 1820–1895
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Written under the pseudonym of Friedrich Oswald, “Telegraph für Deutschland”, Telegraph für Deutschland, Nos. 2-5, (January 1841).
English (original)
For I am of the opinion... that the reconquest of the German speaking left bank of the Rhine is a matter of national honour, and that the Germanisation of a disloyal Holland and of Belgium is a political necessity for us. Shall we let the German nationality be completely suppressed in these countries, while the Slavs are rising ever more powerfully in the East?
— Friedrich Engels
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