American - Politician | May 2, 1882 - April 9, 1972
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.
James F. Byrnes
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I have come to Germany to learn at first hand the problems involved in the reconstruction of Germany and to discuss with our representatives the views of the United States Government as to some of the problems confronting us.
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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.
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I hope that the German people will never again make the mistake of believing that because the American people are peace-loving, they will sit back hoping for peace if any nation uses force or the threat of force to acquire dominion over other peoples and other governments.
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We intend to continue our interest in the affairs of Europe and of the world.
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We have helped to organize the United Nations. We believe it will stop aggressor nations from starting wars. Because we believe it, we intend to support the United Nations organization with all the power and resources we possess.
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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.
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What we want is a lasting peace. We will oppose soft measures which invite the breaking of the peace.
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Freedom from militarism will give the German people the opportunity, if they will but seize it, to apply their great energies and abilities to the works of peace.
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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.
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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.
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German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors.
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