"The sword is our steel Bible!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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