The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany.
James F. ByrnesToo many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.
James F. ByrnesOffering hope to the German people, I said that freedom from militarism would give them the opportunity, if they would but seize it, "to apply their great energies and abilities to the works of peace — and in time to take an honorable place among the members of the United Nations.
James F. ByrnesI 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.
James F. Byrnes