Black Quote 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…

— Isoroku Yamamoto

You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.

— 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…

— Isoroku Yamamoto

The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise. Every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand.

— 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…

— Isoroku Yamamoto

Japan has always regarded the aircraft carrier as one of the most offensive of armaments.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Isoroku Yamamoto

You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass.

— 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…

— Isoroku Yamamoto