We favor the economic unification of Germany. If complete unification cannot be secured, we shall do everything in our power to secure the maximum possible unification. James F. Byrnes Read Quote
The conditions which now exist in Germany make it impossible for industrial production to reach the levels which the occupying powers agreed were essential for a minimum German peacetime economy. James F. Byrnes Read Quote
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. James F. Byrnes Read Quote
The German people were not denied, however, the possibility of improving their lot by hard work over the years. Industrial growth and progress were not denied them. James F. Byrnes Read Quote
Most of the victims of Nazi aggression were before the war less well off than Germany. They should not be expected by Germany to bear, unaided, the major costs of Nazi aggression. James F. Byrnes Read Quote
German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors. James F. Byrnes Read Quote
It will give them the opportunity to show themselves worthy of the respect and friendship of peace-loving nations, and in time, to take an honorable place among members of the United Nations. James F. Byrnes Read Quote
Freedom from militarism will give the German people the opportunity, if they will but seize it, to apply their great energies and abilities to the works of peace. James F. Byrnes Read Quote
What we want is a lasting peace. We will oppose soft measures which invite the breaking of the peace. James F. Byrnes Read Quote
The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany. James F. Byrnes Read Quote
