Why Don't You Lay The Footpaths Where

Don't Join The Book Burners!

Do Not Needlessly Endanger Your Lives Until I Give You The Signal.

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.'

There Is No Glory In Battle Worth The Blood It Costs.

The Next Time You See One Of Those Squirrels Go Near My Putting Green, Take A Gun And Shoot It