I am convinced that the Soviet Union will come to recognize that it is in its own interest to negotiate a settlement which respects the right to freedom of the German people and the interests of both East and West.
Message to President Heuss of Germany on the Anniversary of the Demonstration for Freedom in the Soviet Zone.
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We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
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We shall eventually have a world in which all men are brothers, and in which the outstretched hand is not that of a tyrant, but the hand of friendship.
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