Begets Quote 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…

— 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…

— Henry L. Stimson

The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an effect on hastening the victory.

— 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…

— 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…

— Henry L. Stimson

History is often not what actually happened but what is recorded as such.

— Henry L. Stimson

I told him there was one city that they must not bomb without my permission and that was Kyoto.

— Henry L. Stimson

We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all of us recognize its difficulty.

— Henry L. Stimson

Hope is the mainspring of life.

— 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…

— 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…

— Henry L. Stimson

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

— Henry L. Stimson