I do not see how the Japanese can hold o... by Henry L. Stimson | We Heart Quotes

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

- Henry L. Stimson

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Balance Man

The President so far has struck me as a man who is trying hard to keep his balance. He certainly has been very receptive to all my efforts in these directions.

- Henry L. Stimson

Meeting Time Will

Over any such tangled wave of problems the S-1 secret would be dominant and yet we will not know until after that time probably, until after that meeting, whether this is a weapon in our hands or not.

- Henry L. Stimson

War

As to the war with Japan, the President had already received my memorandum in general as to the possibility of getting a substantial unconditional surrender from Japan which I had written before leaving Washington and which he had approved.

- Henry L. Stimson

Successful Being Will

We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another.

- Henry L. Stimson

Gentlemen

Gentlemen don't read each other's mail.

- Henry L. Stimson

Food Will

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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