Priceless quotes. . .
Friend and foe alike, look you accusingly in the face and tell you how bitterly they are disappointed in you as an American.
Never has American prestige in Europe been lower.
When the British and American came the Viennese felt that at last they were in the hands of civilized people. But instead of coming in with a bold plan of relief and reconstruction we came in full of evasions and apologies.
The taste of victory had gone sour in the mouth of every thoughtful American I met.
We have swept away Hitlerism, but a great many Europeans feel that the cure has been worse than the disease.
Sound familiar?
War is never easy. No plan is perfect. Reconstruction and frustration go hand in hand.
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