#marshall plan

The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country. ↗

— Ted Rall

#allied #billion #commitment #country #coupled

It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#disaster #economic #encourage #europe #felt

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 do for another. It opened my eyes to many things of which I was totally unaware and it was the beginning of my real education. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#another #beginning #did #drafting #education

And the Marshall Plan, to us, meant a general who had turned into a secretary of state, and that the secretary of state saw the necessity of the reconstruction of these European countries that had suffered so heavily. ↗

— Giovanni Agnelli

#european #european countries #general #had #heavily

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 of every country; and second, maximum mutual aid. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#country #europeans #every #first #forthcoming

In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world. ↗

— Gordon Brown

#developing #developing world #generation #marshall #marshall plan

Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#act #authorization #barriers #breaking #congress

And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan. ↗

— Gianni Agnelli

#expressed #foreign #foreign policy #generosity #i

If he had listened to some of his advisors and had tried to make the Marshall Plan a political dumping ground for unqualified politicians, it couldn't have been a success. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#dumping #ground #had #his #listened

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 the opportunity to help act as architects for the new Europe that was envisioned. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#appealing #architects #chiefs #constructive #envisioned