I swear I will do everything in my power to change the situation in Tibet where human rights are being suppressed. Tibet seeks freedom and democracy and we agree on those values.

The future of Japan's economic growth depends on us having the willpower and the courage to sail without hesitation onto the rough seas of global competition.

I promise to protect Japan's land and sea, and the lives of the Japanese people no matter what.

I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason, I am ready to give everything for Japan.

The Japan-U.S. alliance is an irreplaceable alliance. And I would like to further consolidate and broaden that alliance.

I believe it is important that we Japanese write a constitution for ourselves that would reflect the shape of the country we consider desirable in the 21st century.

For China to continue to enjoy economic prosperity, it needs to foster trusting international relationships, not tensions ... and it is important for China to understand this.

The Senkaku islands are inherently Japanese territory. I want to show my strong determination to prevent this from changing.

It is important to explain fully to the local areas with sincerity. We will also think, of course, about the development promotion of the communities.

It is my belief that politicians should not be stepping into the realm of history. Rather, politicians should be taking a future-oriented perspective.

There isn't anything anybody wants that is for any other reason than that they think they would feel better in having it.

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

I'm a very visual person, and I love opening beautiful books on art or design and looking through them.

I don't just like to have 1 take, but not too many. I think it is good to keep it alive.

He that is a friend to himself, know; he is a friend to all.

Faith only operates when linked with HIS purposes, and the first of them is to 'bless all families on earth'.

Education is being redefined at the demand of the uneducated to suit the ideas of the uneducated. The student now goes to college to proclaim, rather than to learn.

In other words, learn your Scruggs's rolls before trying to play like Bela Fleck.

Ma vie est une énigme dont ton nom est le mot. (My life is an enigma, of which your name is the word.)