The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany.
James F. ByrnesGerman militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors.
James F. ByrnesToo many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.
James F. ByrnesImportant as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause of their suffering and distress is the war which the Nazi dictatorship brought upon the world.
James F. Byrnes