Ernest Bevin Quotes
A lifeline to sinking men.
Ernest Bevin, 1881-1951, English Foreign Minister and Minister of Labor, Description of the Marshall Plan
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In politics the perception of success is in man ways more important than the reality. If a political campaign seems to be faltering, campaign contributions dry up, volunteers abandon their efforts, and the press diminishes coverage.
Sherman and Grant had a relationship that was very rare. They had complete confidence in each other, and total loyalty to each other despite the fact that Grant was occasionally a heavy drinker and Sherman suffered from serious depression that was not understood at the time. They both were extremely popular with their troops despite the fact that they fought hard and often took severe casualties. They both were extremely popular with the public. Grant served two terms as President and Sherman was constantly encouraged by most to go into politics. However, Sherman would not do it.
Under Truman’s leadership, the United States not only fed and clothed the victim nations of Western Europe but also did the same for the Germans. The Russians assisted the counties that they occupied and Eastern Germany but to a much lesser degree as the Russians themselves had suffered major destruction and 22 million dead in WWII. There is no case in history where a country, not only gave humanitarian aid to its defeated enemy but rebuilt their entire economy as we did for Germany, Japan and Italy at the end of WWII.
Ernest Bevin was a British statesman, trade union leader, and Labour politician. He co-founded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union in the years 1922–1940, and served as Minister of Labour and National Service in the war-time coalition government. He succeeded in maximising the British labour supply, for both the armed services and domestic industrial production, with a minimum of strikes and disruption.
