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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

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Henry L. Stimson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1867
Born: September 21
Died: 1950
Died: October 20
Diplomat
Former Governor-General Of The Philippines
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New York City
New York
Henry Lewis Stimson
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