#germ

The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#democratic republic #does #for the people #german #government

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#contains #germ #growth #itself

Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world, it is our right and our duty to obtain safety and independence for ourselves at sea. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

#also #cost #duty #fearful #german

This fact lays on us - so long as the maintenance of good relations with Russia seems to us worth an effort - the duty of satisfying Russia that she has no need to fear any invasion of her sphere of interests on Germany's part. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

#duty #effort #fact #fear #germany

I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where my parents raised German shepherds - we had about 30 dogs at any given time. ↗

— Tory Burch

#any #dogs #farm #german #given

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 hoping for peace if any nation uses force or the threat of force to acquire dominion over other peoples and other governments. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#again #american #american people #any #back

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

#bear #before #costs #expected #germany

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. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#agreed #agreement #germany #greater #potsdam

The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#american people #ceased #germany #hard #long

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. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#allied #been #carrying #control #council