Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.

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

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.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

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

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.

The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany.