I can deal with Stalin. He is honest, but smart as hell.

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.

The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.

When the decision is up before you-and on my desk I have a motto which says "The buck stops here"-the decision has to be made.

I have to decide Japanese strategy - shall we invade Japan proper or shall we bomb and blockade? That is my hardest decision to date. But I'll make it when I have all the facts.

For reasons of national security and out of consideration for some people still alive I have omitted certain material. Some of this material cannot be made available for many years, perhaps for many generations.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.