Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause of their suffer…

- James F. Byrnes

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

- James F. Byrnes

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 m…

- James F. Byrnes

I have come to Germany to learn at first hand the problems involved in the reconstruction of Germany and to discuss with our representatives the view…

- James F. Byrnes

It is not in the interest of the German people or in the interest of world peace that Germany should become a pawn or a partner in a military struggl…

- James F. Byrnes

The conditions which now exist in Germany make it impossible for industrial production to reach the levels which the occupying powers agreed were ess…

- James F. Byrnes

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 ascert…

- James F. Byrnes

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 ho…

- James F. Byrnes

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.

- James F. Byrnes