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“Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist.”

Quote by George C. Marshall

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George C. Marshall

George C. Marshall, a former United States Secretary of Defense, was born on December 31, 1880, and died on October 16, 1959. He served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army during World War II and proposed the Marshall Plan after the war, which had a profound impact on the reconstruction of Europe. more

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