Quotes by Henry L. Stimson

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

“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. ”

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

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

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

“When the news first came that Japan had attacked us, my first feeling was of relief that the indecision was over and that a crisis had come in a way which would unite all our people. This continued...”

“The second generation Japanese can only be evacuated either as part of a total evacuation, giving access to the areas only by permits, or by frankly trying to put them out on the ground that their ...”

“The decision to weigh Lieut. Gen. Patton's great services to his country, in World War I and World War II, from these shores to Casablanca and through Tunisia to triumph in Sicily, on the one hand,...”

“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.”

“Gentlemen don't read each other's mail.”

“The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.”

“I remember Mr. Stimson saying to me that he thought it appalling that there should be no protests over the air raids which we were conducting over Japan, which in the case of Tokyo led to such extr...”