When the news first came that Japan had attacked us my first feeling was of relief that ... a crisis had come in a way which would unite all our people. This continued to be my dominant feeling in spite… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method now to deal with Russia was to keep our… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
When all the arguments have been forgotten, this central fact will remain. The two nations fought a single war, and their quarrels were the… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an effect on hastening the victory. — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
Marriage should be a duet -- when one sings, the other claps. Joe Murray The only way to make a man trustworthy is to… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
History is often not what actually happened but what is recorded as such. — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
I told him there was one city that they must not bomb without my permission and that was Kyoto. — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all of us recognize its difficulty. — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
We face the delicate question of the diplomatic fencing to be done so as to be sure Japan is put into the wrong and… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith; and hope is the mainspring of life. — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
The President so far has struck me as a man who is trying hard to keep his balance. He certainly has been very receptive… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share
