The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

History is often not what actually happened but what is recorded as such.

We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all of us recognize its difficulty.

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and not to indicate any weakness by talking too much; let our actions speak for themselves.

The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an effect on hastening the victory.

We face the delicate question of the diplomatic fencing to be done so as to be sure Japan is put into the wrong and makes the first bad move. ... The question was how we should maneuver them [the Japanese] into the position of firing the first shot.

But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary and dangerous to fit into old concepts.