James F. Byrnes Quotes
Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.
German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors.
Provision was also made for the distribution of Germany's foreign assets among the Allies.
The conditions which now exist in Germany make it impossible for industrial production to reach the levels which the occupying powers agreed were essential for a minimum German peacetime economy.
The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany.
What we want is a lasting peace. We will oppose soft measures which invite the breaking of the peace.
It is not in the interest of the German people or in the interest of world peace that Germany should become a pawn or a partner in a military struggle for power between the East and the West.
We have learned that peace and well-being are indivisible and that our peace and well-being cannot be purchased at the price of peace or the well-being of any other country.
The German people were not denied, however, the possibility of improving their lot by hard work over the years. Industrial growth and progress were not denied them.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They are more afraid of life than death.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity they seem more afraid of life than of death.
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.
