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Top 15 W. Averell Harriman Quotes (2025 Update)

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “Poland, of course, was the key country. I remember Stalin telling me that the plains of Poland were the invasion route of Europe to Russia and always had been, and therefore he had to control Poland.”

1. “Poland, of course, was the key country. I remember Stalin telling me that the plains of Poland were the invasion route of Europe to Russia and always had been, and therefore he had to control Poland.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt’s influence in the world.”

2. “I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt’s influence in the world.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin’s awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would have held.”

3. “We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin’s awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would have held.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use.”

4. “The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “Actually I’d had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce.”

5. “Actually I’d had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover.”

6. “It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “There’s a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta.”

7. “There’s a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.”

8. “Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease.”

9. “The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “The war changed everybody’s attitude. We became international almost overnight.”

10. “The war changed everybody’s attitude. We became international almost overnight.”

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W. Averell Harriman Quote: “Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.”

11. “Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement.”

12. “Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe.”

13. “Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren’t dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient.”

14. “As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren’t dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “No foreign policy will stick unless the American people are behind it. And unless Congress understands it. And unless Congress understands it, the American people aren’t going to understand it.”

15. “No foreign policy will stick unless the American people are behind it. And unless Congress understands it. And unless Congress understands it, the American people aren’t going to understand it.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he’d never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they’d go back to the Urals and fight. They’d never surrender.”

16. “We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he’d never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they’d go back to the Urals and fight. They’d never surrender.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country’s never been the same since.”

17. “Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country’s never been the same since.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements.”

18. “This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements.”

— W. Averell Harriman

W. Averell Harriman Quote: “I always read everything on the desks of people I went to see in Moscow, London, Paris I found it quite useful.”

19. “I always read everything on the desks of people I went to see in Moscow, London, Paris I found it quite useful.”

— W. Averell Harriman

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