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The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust 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
Lawyer
Politician
New York City
New York
Henry Lewis Stimson
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There has been growing quite a strain of irritating feeling between our government and the Russians and it seems to me that it is a time for me to use all the restraint I can on these other people who have been apparently getting a little more irritated.
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Marriage should be a duet -- when one sings, the other claps. Joe Murray The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.
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