The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight. — W. Averell Harriman Attitude Copy Share Image
I always read everything on the desks of people I went to see in Moscow, London, Paris I found it quite useful. — W. Averell Harriman Books Copy Share Image
We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin,… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
Much of the aid we first gave to Russia we took away from what we promised Britain. So in a sense, Britain… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution.… — W. Averell Harriman Country Copy Share Image
I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers. — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta. — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about… — W. Averell Harriman Barriers Copy Share Image
It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me - I spoke with him… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
Poland, of course, was the key country. I remember Stalin telling me that the plains of Poland were the invasion route of… — W. Averell Harriman Country Copy Share Image
Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt… — W. Averell Harriman Agreement Copy Share Image
We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to… — W. Averell Harriman Determined Copy Share Image
The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar period; I think I'm right in that.… — W. Averell Harriman Alone Copy Share Image
How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
No foreign policy will stick unless the American people are behind it. And unless Congress understands it. And unless Congress understands it,… — W. Averell Harriman American people Copy Share Image
Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid… — W. Averell Harriman Awe Copy Share Image
The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for… — W. Averell Harriman Effort Copy Share Image
I was quite ready to accept certain restrictions on the United States. After all, there was a great dollar shortage. It was… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we… — W. Averell Harriman Communist Copy Share Image
