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Sadao Araki

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[Wikipedia] Baron Sadao Araki was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was regarded as the leader of the Kodoha, a political faction within the Imperial Japanese Army and served as Minister of the Army under Prime Ministers Inukai and Saitō. He was forced from active service in the aftermath

Quotes by Sadao Araki

It is now time for our nation to frustrate the wild dreams of the whites.

Dream

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In order to have enough of the raw materials...which will be lacking in wartime, we should plan to acquire and use foreign…

Acquire

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What sort of government is it that permits so many children to go to school hungry, without even a morsel of food…

Children

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The foundations of our Empire are now based more firmly than ever! The birth of a Crown Prince shows that the prosperity…

Birth

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A war minister is able to force the adoption of any measure desired by the Camp or to block any measure that…

Able

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In appointing our Ambassador to the United States at this important time, with the 1936 crisis ahead, such considerations as dignity, past…

Ability

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I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness…

Asks

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Frivolous thinking is due to foreign thought. Japan must no longer let the impudence of the white peoples go unpunished. It is…

Causes

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Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.

Army

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Now the opportunity to destroy the USSR has arrived.

Opportunity

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Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top…

Action

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We have no hesitation in declaring that we are a military nation- in the cause of Kodo and the highest morality.

Causes

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The spirit of the Japanese nation is, by its nature, a thing that must be propagated over the seven seas and extended…

Continents

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Unless you remove the weeds, a good crop will be ruined.

Crops

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According to our belief, Japan was founded by the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Omikami, who is revered by the entire nation for her…

Belief

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If we have a thousand bamboo spears, there's nothing to worry about a war with the Soviet Union.

Bamboo

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It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.

Asia

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