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The magic was in the Marshall Plan itself. It provided an opportunity for appealing and constructive work. In a sense, the mission chiefs were given... →
There are times we are givers, but others time we have to let others give to us.
The full potential of labor can be utilized only if there is mobility in labor.
At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor for me as one man can... →
As far as we were concerned, we were operators, we were administrators. I don't ever recall going to Dean Acheson and asking for any counsel or... →
The Europeans had made two promises to the United States if Marshall Plan help was forthcoming. The first promise was maximum self-help on the part... →
Yes, Jean Monnet was the father of the concept of a United States of Europe and his efforts more than those of any other single man helped change the... →
But I felt that most of us in the world today gave priority to our personal interests.
I would like to say that no man ever was given finer cooperation than that given me by President Truman.
If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor.
We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.
Among the reasons for this was the fact that the U.S.A. is one mass market. It is only when you have a mass market that large-scale manufacturing... →
However, from the very beginning of the program, we made it perfectly clear that we would be out of Europe in four years; that whatever was to be... →