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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-f-byrnes/i-hope-that-the-german-people-will-never-again-make-the-mistake-of/)

[James F. Byrnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-f-byrnes/)

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> [Seeing is believing, and if an American success is to count for anything in the world it must be clothed in the raiment of property. As often as not it isn't the money itself that means anything; it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-h-lapham/seeing-is-believing-and-if-an-american-success-is-to-count-for/)

[Lewis H. Lapham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-h-lapham/)

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