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.

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

Important 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.

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

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.

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

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