A war minister is able to force the adoption of any measure desired by the Camp or to block any measure that meets his disapproval.

If we have a thousand bamboo spears, there's nothing to worry about a war with the Soviet Union.

Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.

Now the opportunity to destroy the USSR has arrived.

According to our belief, Japan was founded by the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Omikami, who is revered by the entire nation for her all-pervading virtue, and from whom our Imperial House is descended.

I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible.

Unless you remove the weeds, a good crop will be ruined.

It is now time for our nation to frustrate the wild dreams of the whites.

The foundations of our Empire are now based more firmly than ever! The birth of a Crown Prince shows that the prosperity of the Imperial Household is increasing many times.

Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly.

Change occurs when one becomes what he is, not when he tries to become what he is not.

The least of us is improved by the things done by the best of us, because if we are not able to land at least we are able to follow. (July 20, 1969 CBS Moon Landing Coverage)” ― Walter Cronkite

When you look at the brain regions associated with picking up data from the body, a huge amount of the brain is devoted to picking up information from the lips and tongue.

It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country.

...small too even the longest fame thereafter, which is itself subject to a succession of little men who quickly die, and have no knowledge of themselves, let alone of those long dead.

My body holds on to every part of every, you know, calorie that there is out there.

Plans made swiftly and intuitively are likely to have flaws. Plans made carefully and comprehensively are sure to.

It's very simple: When you're working your hardest, the world opens up to you.

Physical pain is easily forgotten, but a moral chagrin lasts indefinitely.

I've learned to deal with stress much better now, things don't bother me in the way that they once used to.