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James F. Byrnes

"We intend to continue our interest in the affairs of Europe and of the world."

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James F. Byrnes
"We have helped to organize the United Nations. We believe it will stop aggressor nations from starting wars. Because we believe it, we intend to support the United Nations organization with all the power and resources we possess."
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James F. Byrnes
"Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them."
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James F. Byrnes
"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."
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James F. Byrnes
"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."
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James F. Byrnes
"Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death."
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James F. Byrnes
"That was the principle of reparations to which President Truman agreed at Potsdam. And the United States will not agree to the taking from Germany of greater reparations than was provided by the Potsdam Agreement."
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James F. Byrnes
"The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to enable the German economy to function as an economic unit."
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James F. Byrnes
"The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau."
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James F. Byrnes
"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."
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James F. Byrnes
"Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life."
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