Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them.

German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors.

The world so clamors for action that men and women devote little time to thinking. Many believe in secondhand thinking. They find it easier to ascertain and adopt the thoughts of others than to think for themselves.

Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them.

That was the principle of reparations to which President Truman agreed at Potsdam. And the United States will not agree to the taking from Germany of greater reparations than was provided by the Potsdam Agreement.

Provision was also made for the distribution of Germany's foreign assets among the Allies.

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.