But I Noted With Real Satisfaction How

The Search For A Scapegoat Is The Easiest Of All Hunting Expeditions.

Together We Must Learn How To Compose Differences, Not With Arms, But With Intellect And Decent Purpose.

It Is Probably A Pity That Every Citizen Of Each State Cannot Visit All The Others, To See The Differences, To Learn What We Have In Common, And Come Back With A Richer, Fuller Understanding Of America - In All Its Beauty, In All Its Dignity, In All Its Strength, In Support Of Moral Principles.

There Are No Victories At Discount Prices.

I Had Been Conscious A Feeling Of Depression And So I Voiced To [secretary Of War Stimson] My Grave Misgivings, First On The Basis Of My Belief That Japan Was Already Defeated And That Dropping The Bomb Was Completely Unnecessary, And Secondly Because I Thought That Our Country Should Avoid Shocking World Opinion By The Use Of A Weapon Whose Employment Was, I Thought, No Longer Mandatory As A Measure To Save American Lives. It Was My Belief That Japan Was, At This Very Moment, Seeking A Way To Surrender With A Minimum Loss Of 'face.'