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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/however-from-the-very-beginning-of-the-program-we-made-it-perfectly/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

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## More by Paul Hoffman

> [“The battle had been as hideous as you might expect between one side who were simply not afraid to die and another who regarded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/the-battle-had-been-as-hideous-as-you-might-expect-between-one-side/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [“...the older I get, the more I believe that if love is to be judged by most of its visible effects, it looks more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-believe-that-if-love-is-to-be-judged-by/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [“You should never tell your best friend anything you wouldn´t be prepared to tell your worst enemy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/you-should-never-tell-your-best-friend-anything-you-wouldn-t-be/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [“That's how the world is, and there is nothing an insignificant nobody like you, or even a significant somebody like me, can do about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/that-s-how-the-world-is-and-there-is-nothing-an-insignificant-nobody/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [“That was a rhetorical question, one asked solely to produce an effect and not elicit a reply.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/that-was-a-rhetorical-question-one-asked-solely-to-produce-an-effect/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [“To be sociable is a risky thing—even fatal—because it means being in contact with people, most of whom are dull, perverse and ignorant and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/to-be-sociable-is-a-risky-thing-even-fatal-because-it-means-being-in/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/if-there-was-to-be-a-new-europe-there-not-only-had-to-be-a-common/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [“Feeling sorry for yourself is a universal solvent of salvation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/feeling-sorry-for-yourself-is-a-universal-solvent-of-salvation/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [“The wicked have weakness other than their willingness to kill and maim. Even the bleakest, cruelest soul can have its tender spots. Even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/the-wicked-have-weakness-other-than-their-willingness-to-kill-and/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [“Listen. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers on Shotover Scarp is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/listen-the-sanctuary-of-the-redeemers-on-shotover-scarp-is-named/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/the-europeans-had-made-two-promises-to-the-united-states-if-marshall/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [“non numerantur sed ponderantur (They are not counted but weighed)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/non-numerantur-sed-ponderantur-they-are-not-counted-but-weighed/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [“Until two days ago what had driven him was the will to survive: deep, animal, full of rage—but always part of him had not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/until-two-days-ago-what-had-driven-him-was-the-will-to-survive-deep/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/as-far-as-we-were-concerned-we-were-operators-we-were-administrators/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

> [There are times we are givers, but others time we have to let others give to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hoffman/there-are-times-we-are-givers-but-others-time-we-have-to-let-others/)

[Paul Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hoffman/)

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