There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers.

I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan.

We pray that henceforth not only Japan but all mankind may know the blessings of harmony and progress.

Almost a century has passed since Japan first entered the world community by concluding a treaty of amity with the United States of America in 1854.

We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.

History offers examples of winning in diplomacy after losing in war.

By perfecting this legislative machinery and by participating in the various international agreements we intend to contribute to the wholesome development of world trade.

The second is that the role of China trade in Japanese economy, important as it is, has often been exaggerated, as proven by our experience of the past 6 years.

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

I'm relaxed, Belk. I call it Zen and the art of not giving a shit.

Vengeance is pointless, but certain men did not have a place in the world we sought to construct

If you love someone or something, you acknowledge and are expressing your oneness with it. Love is simply the recognition of Oneness.

One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.

Beaurocracy destroys initiative.

I feel gigantic affection for all of Homeland Security at airports.

Never do I see Jesus lecturing people on the need to accept blindness or lameness as an expression of God's secret will; rather, he healed them.

When I start a song, it's the first thought. It's the first thought and the first cadence, because that's the most natural.

I don't think there is any global warming. I don't see the statistical data for that.