James F. Byrnes
James F. Byrnes
James Francis Byrneswas an American politician from the state of South Carolina. During his career, Byrnes served as a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Secretary of State, and 104th governor of South Carolina. He is one of very few politicians to serve in all three branches of the American federal government while also being active in state government. He was a confidant of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was one of the most...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 May 1879
CountryUnited States of America
Essential central German administrative departments have not been established, although they are expressly required by the Potsdam Agreement.
That's when I realized my house was gone.
Power intoxicates men. When a man is intoxicated by alcohol, he can recover, but when intoxicated by power, he seldom recovers.
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.
Provision was also made for the distribution of Germany's foreign assets among the Allies.
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.
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.
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.
The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.
German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors.
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.
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.
What we want is a lasting peace. We will oppose soft measures which invite the breaking of the peace.
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 views of the United States Government as to some of the problems confronting us.