#WednesdayWisdom
"This is more than a legislative proposal of unusual importance. it is more than an unprecedented international enterprise for the regeneration of a great community of nations, the initial aid of a people remote from the scene of the trouble. It is a great cooperative effort to save western civilization itself."
Jan. 22, 1948 speech to the National Cotton Council on the "Marshall" Plan; part of an extended effort to pass the European Recovery Act.
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