"Children of my Guard, you are
now my soldiers—mine, body and
soul! You have sworn to obey all my
commands. From this day on, you
must know but one enemy, and that
enemy is my enemy.
"And if I command you some day to
fire upon your own relatives—your
fathers and mothers, sisters and
brothers perhaps—remember your oath
and obey!"—The Kaiser's speech to
his Potsdam recruits.