History is often not what actually happened but what is recorded as such. — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith; and hope is the mainspring of life. — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
Their racial characteristics are such that we cannot understand or trust even the citizen Japanese. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
History is often not what actually happened but what is recorded as such. — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
I told him there was one city that they must not bomb without my permission and that was Kyoto. — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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