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Henry L. Stimson

"Gentlemen don't read each other's mail."

Source : On Active Service in Peace and War ch. 7 (1948). Stimson was explaining his action, while secretary of state in 1929, in closing the State Department's codebreaking office. The 1948 book, coauthored with McGeorge Bundy, is the earliest known appearance of this quotation. Louis Kruh, in his article "Stimson, the Black Chamber, and the 'Gentleman's Mail Quote," Cryptologia, Apr. 1988, concludes that these words accurately represented Stimson's feelings in 1929 but that "whether he also said it the

Henry L. Stimson

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“I may conclude this chapter by quoting a saying of Professor Agassiz, that whenever a new and startling fact is brought to light in science, people first say, 'it is not true,' then that 'it is contrary to religion,' and lastly, 'that everybody knew it before.'”

Source : Charles Lyell (2005). “The Geological Evidence of Man”, p.82, Cosimo, Inc.
“Whenever we play a really good game, everybody's going to be a hero, and the good part about it is nobody's trying to be a hero.”
“I would love the opportunity to work in Chicago. It would be like a dream come true, if I could work there on something like the way ER was filmed.”
“I want what we all want," said Carl. "To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.”
“In Europe, it's common to hear about young professionals living with their parents. With the continent's high rents and taxes and its population density, it makes sense.”
“Good colour really means good taste; and 'powerful' colour means a reserve, to give a climax its full force, and not 'red, white, and blue all over.”
“Athens will again be the host of the Games in 2004, but there are rumors that they might be switched if the Greeks don't begin to construct the sites faster.”
“If you don't like me, why do you waste your time making fun of me?”

"Gentlemen don't read each other's mail."

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