"Our defeat at Leyte was tantamount to the loss of the Philippines. When you [the Allies] took the Philippines, that w…"

"There is no chance whatsoever of victory; therefore I agree with the foreign minister that the Potsdam declaration sh…"

"History shows that whenever an emergency arises, our national spirit is most emphatically manifested to advance the p…"

"We might win the first battle for Japan, but we won't win the second. The war is lost to us. Therefore we must forget…"

"It may be inappropriate to put it in this way, but the atomic bombs and the Soviet entry into the war are, in a sense…"

"Japan is fully prepared to take appropriate steps in event that the United States continues its oppression."

"The intelligence is not free in the presence of a mortal fear lest its conclusions should trouble soft tranquillity o…"

"Intellectual courage may be defined as having a consciousness of the need to face and fairly address ideas, beliefs o…"

"If you enjoy watching birds, you stand in good company. There are, in the estimate of the National Survey on Recreati…"

"Birds become more and more fascinating, not less, the more you watch them."