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title: "2 Bamboo Quotes By Sadao Araki"
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> [Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/give-me-a-japanese-division-armed-with-bamboo-spears-and-i-ll-wipe/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/sadao-araki-30530_army_give-me-a-japanese-division-armed-with-b_1800871.jpg)

> [If we have a thousand bamboo spears, there's nothing to worry about a war with the Soviet Union.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/if-we-have-a-thousand-bamboo-spears-there-s-nothing-to-worry-about-a/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/808/sadao-araki-30530_bamboo_if-we-have-a-thousand-bamboo-spears-ther_3143261.jpg)

## More by Sadao Araki

> [It is now time for our nation to frustrate the wild dreams of the whites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/it-is-now-time-for-our-nation-to-frustrate-the-wild-dreams-of-the/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [In order to have enough of the raw materials...which will be lacking in wartime, we should plan to acquire and use foreign resources existing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/in-order-to-have-enough-of-the-raw-materials-which-will-be-lacking-in/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [What sort of government is it that permits so many children to go to school hungry, without even a morsel of food in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/what-sort-of-government-is-it-that-permits-so-many-children-to-go-to/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [The foundations of our Empire are now based more firmly than ever! The birth of a Crown Prince shows that the prosperity of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/the-foundations-of-our-empire-are-now-based-more-firmly-than-ever-the/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [A war minister is able to force the adoption of any measure desired by the Camp or to block any measure that meets his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/a-war-minister-is-able-to-force-the-adoption-of-any-measure-desired/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [In appointing our Ambassador to the United States at this important time, with the 1936 crisis ahead, such considerations as dignity, past career, equity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/in-appointing-our-ambassador-to-the-united-states-at-this-important/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/i-ask-you-to-remember-that-the-japanese-troops-are-a-strictly/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [Frivolous thinking is due to foreign thought. Japan must no longer let the impudence of the white peoples go unpunished. It is the duty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/frivolous-thinking-is-due-to-foreign-thought-japan-must-no-longer-let/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/give-me-a-japanese-division-armed-with-bamboo-spears-and-i-ll-wipe/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [Now the opportunity to destroy the USSR has arrived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/now-the-opportunity-to-destroy-the-ussr-has-arrived/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/let-the-league-of-nations-say-whatever-it-pleases-let-america-offer/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [We have no hesitation in declaring that we are a military nation- in the cause of Kodo and the highest morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/we-have-no-hesitation-in-declaring-that-we-are-a-military-nation-in/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [The spirit of the Japanese nation is, by its nature, a thing that must be propagated over the seven seas and extended over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/the-spirit-of-the-japanese-nation-is-by-its-nature-a-thing-that-must/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [Unless you remove the weeds, a good crop will be ruined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/unless-you-remove-the-weeds-a-good-crop-will-be-ruined/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadao-araki/according-to-our-belief-japan-was-founded-by-the-sun-goddess/)

[Sadao Araki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadao-araki/)

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