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 for themselves.

Quote by Henry L Stimson

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The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all...

We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all...

Gentlemen don't read each other's mail.

Gentlemen don't read each other's mail.

The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though...

The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though...

There has been growing quite a strain of irritating feeling between our government and the...

There has been growing quite a strain of irritating feeling between our government and the...

As to the war with Japan, the President had already received my memorandum in general...

As to the war with Japan, the President had already received my memorandum in general...

The President so far has struck me as a man who is trying hard to...

The President so far has struck me as a man who is trying hard to...

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way...

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way...

Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have...

Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have...

After I had gone through this matter with the President I told him of my...

After I had gone through this matter with the President I told him of my...

I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method...

I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method...

The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an...

The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an...

I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front.

I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front.

I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as...

I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as...

Over any such tangled wave of problems the S-1 secret would be dominant and yet...

Over any such tangled wave of problems the S-1 secret would be dominant and yet...

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or...

It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or...

But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control...

But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control...

We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These...

We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These...

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

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