Quotes of Henry L. Stimson - somelinesforyou

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

- Henry L. Stimson

“ It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or her particular soldier out of the Army and to upset the carefully arranged system of points for retirement which we had arranged with the approval of the Army itself. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

“ It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or her particular soldier out of the Army and to upset the carefully arranged system of points for retirement which we had arranged with the approval of the Army itself. ”

- 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 think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without having your master card in your hand. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

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

- Henry L. Stimson

“ It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or her particular soldier out of the Army and to upset the carefully arranged system of points for retirement which we had arranged with the approval of the Army itself. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

“ It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or her particular soldier out of the Army and to upset the carefully arranged system of points for retirement which we had arranged with the approval of the Army itself. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

“ I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as soon as possible on a highly secret matter. I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office but have not urged it since on account of the pressure you have been under. ”

- 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 and dangerous to fit into old concepts. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

“ The only deadly sin I know is cynicism. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

“ The only deadly sin I know is cynicism. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

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

- Henry L. Stimson

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

- Henry L. Stimson

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

- Henry L. Stimson

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

- Henry L. Stimson

“ Honor begets honor, trust begets trust, faith begets faith, and hope is the mainspring of life. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

“ The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though we think that will be all right; and second, when and how S-1 will resolve itself. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

“ The only deadly sin I know is cynicism. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

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

- Henry L. Stimson

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

- Henry L. Stimson

“ Honor begets honor, trust begets trust, faith begets faith, and hope is the mainspring of life. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

“ Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith; and hope is the mainspring of life. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

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

- Henry L. Stimson

“ We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without having your master card in your hand. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

“ It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or her particular soldier out of the Army and to upset the carefully arranged system of points for retirement which we had arranged with the approval of the Army itself. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

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

- 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 and dangerous to fit into old concepts. ”

- Henry L. Stimson

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

- Henry L. Stimson

“ We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble with such big stakes in diplomacy without having your master card in your hand. ”

- Henry L. Stimson
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