“If a general and his men fear death and are apprehensive over possible defeat, then they will unavoidably suffer defeat and death. But if they make up their minds, from the general down to the last footsoldier, not to think of living but only of standing in one place and facing death together, then, though they may have no other thought than meeting death, they will instead hold on to life and gain victory.”
![“It seems hopeless, hopeless. Those who eat meat [at public expense] are a mean, selfish lot, and so the country is doomed. Our only hope lies in the grass-roots folk who eat our traditional food.” quote by Yoshida Shoin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/122/yoshida-shoin-39986_country_it-seems-hopeless-hopeless-those-who-eat_97094.jpg)
