Author: Henry L. Stimson

Quotes

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

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

- Henry L. Stimson

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.

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.

- 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 mouths shut and let our actions speak for words.

I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method now to deal with Russia was to keep our mouths shut and let our actions speak for words.

- Henry L. Stimson

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

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

- 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 persuading Russia to play ball.

Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of persuading Russia to play ball.

- Henry L. Stimson

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