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> [If we are to have a war with America, we will have no hope of winning unless the U.S. fleet in Hawaiian waters can be destroyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/if-we-are-to-have-a-war-with-america-we-will-have-no-hope-of-winning/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

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## More by Isoroku Yamamoto

> [Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/should-hostilities-once-break-out-between-japan-and-the-united-states/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/you-cannot-invade-the-mainland-united-states-there-would-be-a-rifle/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [I sincerely desire to be appointed Commander in Chief of the air fleet to attack Pearl Harbor so that I may personally command that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/i-sincerely-desire-to-be-appointed-commander-in-chief-of-the-air/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise. Every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/the-fate-of-the-empire-rests-on-this-enterprise-every-man-must-devote/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [Even though there wasn't much damage, it's a disgrace that the skies over the imperial capital should have been defiled without a single enemy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/even-though-there-wasn-t-much-damage-it-s-a-disgrace-that-the-skies/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [Japan has always regarded the aircraft carrier as one of the most offensive of armaments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/japan-has-always-regarded-the-aircraft-carrier-as-one-of-the-most/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [I entered the navy with the great ambition of becoming a naval soldier and going to war. Either I die from this festering wound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/i-entered-the-navy-with-the-great-ambition-of-becoming-a-naval/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/a-military-man-can-scarcely-pride-himself-on-having-smitten-a/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/in-the-first-six-to-twelve-months-of-a-war-with-the-united-states-and/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [Although a precise outlook on the international situation is hard for anyone to make, it is needless to say that now the time has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/although-a-precise-outlook-on-the-international-situation-is-hard-for/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/you-cannot-invade-mainland-united-states-there-would-be-a-rifle/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/a-military-man-can-scarcely-pride-himself-on-having-smitten-a-2/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [I was once the captain of Akagi, and it is with heartfelt regret that I must now order that she be sunk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/i-was-once-the-captain-of-akagi-and-it-is-with-heartfelt-regret-that/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [Today, as chief Of the guardians of the seas Of the land of the dawn, I gaze up with awe At the rising sun!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/today-as-chief-of-the-guardians-of-the-seas-of-the-land-of-the-dawn-i/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

> [A man of real purpose puts his faith in himself always. Sometimes he refuses even to put his faith in the gods. So from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isoroku-yamamoto/a-man-of-real-purpose-puts-his-faith-in-himself-always-sometimes-he/)

[Isoroku Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isoroku-yamamoto/)

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