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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/when-the-news-first-came-that-japan-had-attacked-us-my-first-feeling/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

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## More by Henry L. Stimson

> [I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method now to deal with Russia was to keep our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/i-told-him-that-my-own-opinion-was-that-the-time-now-and-the-method/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [When all the arguments have been forgotten, this central fact will remain. The two nations fought a single war, and their quarrels were the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/when-all-the-arguments-have-been-forgotten-this-central-fact-will/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an effect on hastening the victory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/the-bomb-and-the-entrance-of-the-russians-into-the-war-will-certainly/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/we-had-news-this-morning-of-another-successful-atomic-bomb-being/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [Marriage should be a duet -- when one sings, the other claps. Joe Murray The only way to make a man trustworthy is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/marriage-should-be-a-duet-when-one-sings-the-other-claps-joe-murray/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [History is often not what actually happened but what is recorded as such.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/history-is-often-not-what-actually-happened-but-what-is-recorded-as/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [I told him there was one city that they must not bomb without my permission and that was Kyoto.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/i-told-him-there-was-one-city-that-they-must-not-bomb-without-my/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all of us recognize its difficulty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/we-debated-long-over-the-situation-for-it-is-a-very-difficult/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [Hope is the mainspring of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/hope-is-the-mainspring-of-life/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [We face the delicate question of the diplomatic fencing to be done so as to be sure Japan is put into the wrong and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/we-face-the-delicate-question-of-the-diplomatic-fencing-to-be-done-so/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/russia-will-occupy-most-of-the-good-food-lands-of-central-europe/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/the-only-deadly-sin-i-know-is-cynicism/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith; and hope is the mainspring of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/honor-begets-honor-trust-begets-trust-faith-begets-faith-and-hope-is/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/but-i-think-the-bomb-instead-constitutes-merely-a-first-step-in-a-new/)

[Henry L. Stimson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-l-stimson/)

> [The President so far has struck me as a man who is trying hard to keep his balance. He certainly has been very receptive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-l-stimson/the-president-so-far-has-struck-me-as-a-man-who-is-trying-hard-to/)

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