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From This Day Forward, The Millions Of Our School Children Will Daily Proclaim In Every City And Town, Every Village And Rural Schoolhouse, The Dedication Of Our Nation And Our People To The Almighty.

No One Should Be Appointed To Political Office If He Is A Seeker After It.

Each And All Of Us Must Summon To Mind The Words Of Him Whom We Honor This Easter Time: 'when A Strong Man, Armed, Keepeth His Palace, His Goods Are In Peace'.

Patronage Is Almost A Wicked Word. By Itself It Could Well-nigh Defeat Democracy.

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.'