#german

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

In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum. ↗

— John Carpenter

#director #england #filmmaker #germany #horror

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. ↗

— Charles V

#german #god #horse #i #italian

The Beliebers have done some pretty crazy stuff. Last week, the night before I was due to do a show in Germany, four girls went into a dumpster so they could sneak into the building. They climbed in and hid. When the guys working on the truck started getting the garbage they found them straight away. It was crazy. ↗

— Justin Bieber

#before #building #climbed #could #crazy

Something new has happened: For the first time in German history our fatherland is guided by a plan that considers only the needs of the people, and aims at building prosperity and reconstructing of our fatherland. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#building #considers #fatherland #first #first time

Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#entire #entire world #fellow #germans #let us

The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democratic sector of Berlin think only of peace, and that they are working for freedom and peaceful prosperity. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#democratic #democratic republic #freedom #german #million