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> [“To sum up what is most crucial in Japanese political culture: the Japanese have never been encouraged to think that the force of an idea could measure up to the physical forces of a government. The key to understanding Japanese…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-van-wolferen/to-sum-up-what-is-most-crucial-in-japanese-political-culture-the/)

Karel Van Wolferen

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## More by Karel Van Wolferen

> [“This may seem labouring the obvious, but in Japan one meets intelligent people who claim that ‘logic’ is something invented in the West to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-van-wolferen/this-may-seem-labouring-the-obvious-but-in-japan-one-meets/)

Karel Van Wolferen

> [“To sum up what is most crucial in Japanese political culture: the Japanese have never been encouraged to think that the force of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-van-wolferen/to-sum-up-what-is-most-crucial-in-japanese-political-culture-the/)

Karel Van Wolferen

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