“It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win the final battle.”
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I emphasize... that the Harrimans showed great courage and loyalty and confidence in us, because three or four of us were really running the business, the day to day business.
The President regards the Japanese as a brave people but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.
We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.
But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.