Now the hour of Germanic retaliation was about to strike, and the Northern race would re-establish order, since God had favored it by demonstrating its indisputable superiority.
"A nation," he added, "can aspire to great destinies only when it is fundamentally Teutonic.

The less German it is, the less its civilization amounts to.

We represent 'the aristocracy of humanity,' 'the salt of the earth,' as our William said." Argensola was listening with astonishment to this outpouring of conceit.
All the great nations had passed through the fever of Imperialism.

The Greeks aspired to world-rule because they were the most civilized and believed themselves the most fit to give civilization to the rest of mankind.

The Romans, upon conquering countries, implanted law and the rule of justice.