The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him.

Quote by Henry L Stimson

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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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and...

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and...

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...

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...

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...

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble...

We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...