Consider well this fact: As long as the German people does not arise and use force directed by its own will, the assassination of the people will continue.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they are possessed by the demon of destruction.
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 struggle for power between the East and the West.
But Germany will always suffer, I fear, from the intensely dramatic character of the crimes of the Third Reich.
Consideration of any kind are a crime against the German people and the soldier at the front.
The German future lies in the hands of our Fuehrer.
A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased.
Germany stands in the fight against terrorism at France's side, united with many, many others. I am convinced that, despite all the difficulties, we shall win this fight.
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.
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.