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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 22 quotes by Henry L. Stimson Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican Party politician and spokesman on foreign policy. He served as Secretary of War (1911–1913) under Republican William Howard Taft, and as Governor-General of the Philippines (1927–1929). As Secretary of State (1929–1933) under Republican President Herbert Hoover, he articulated the Stimson Doctrine which announced American opposition to... Read full biography of Henry L. Stimson → 1 2 Ctrl → The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him... → 0 The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. 0 Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and not to indicate any weakness by talking too much; let our actions speak... → 0 We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the... → 0 I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method now to deal with Russia was to keep our mouths shut and let our actions speak for... → 0 As to the war with Japan, the President had already received my memorandum in general as to the possibility of getting a substantial unconditional... → 0 Gentlemen don't read each other's mail. 0 The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an effect on hastening the victory. 0 The only deadly sin I know is cynicism. 0 I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front. 0 I told him there was one city that they must not bomb without my permission and that was Kyoto. 0 We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all of us recognize its difficulty. 0 But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary and dangerous to fit... → 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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