Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
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The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany.James F. Byrnes
Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them.
James F. Byrnes
It will give them the opportunity to show themselves worthy of the respect and friendship of peace-loving nations, and in time, to take an honorable place among members of the United Nations.
James F. Byrnes
German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors.
James F. Byrnes
We favor the economic unification of Germany. If complete unification cannot be secured, we shall do everything in our power to secure the maximum possible unification.
James F. Byrnes
The working out of a balanced economy throughout Germany to provide the necessary means to pay for approved imports has not been accomplished, although that too is expressly required by the Potsdam Agreement.
James F. Byrnes
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