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.

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.

The full potential of labor can be utilized only if there is mobility in labor.

I would like to say that no man ever was given finer cooperation than that given me by President Truman.

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 thinking of European leaders.

If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor.

There are times we are givers, but others time we have to let others give to us.

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 which involves very substantial expenditures can be justified.

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 accomplished had to be accomplished in that period of time.

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.

But I felt that most of us in the world today gave priority to our personal interests.

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.

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

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.

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 advice on administration, but I had the greatest respect for him, as I have today.

In its best prewar year, Europe with almost 300 million people had a gross national product of 150 billion dollars. In that same year, the United States with 150 million people had a gross national product of 300 billion dollars.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.

If politicians continue to promote separatism in Australia, they should not continue to hold their seats in this parliament. They are not truly representing all Australians, and I call on the people to throw them out.

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.

There are actually very few US politicians who have integrity and vision.

It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.

It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching.

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.

Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

Politicians trim and tack in their quest for power, but they do so in order to get the wind of votes in their sails.

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.

Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear - and what they want to hear is what won't happen.

The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

It's wherever business rules, business is going to get the politicians they want because they control the money and money controls the power.

Politicians are masters of the art of deception.

I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.

The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.

Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.

When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.

The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians.

There's this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldn't be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

I would say keep supporting space flight, keep telling the public and the politicians why it's important to advance science and explore the galaxy. I encourage the Japanese to keep doing what they're doing.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.

I've seen many politicians paralyzed in the legs as myself, but I've seen more of them who were paralyzed in the head.

What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.

I did not deal well with the politicians. I tend to tell people that when they are full of crap, that they are full of crap.

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.