Hirohito quotes

They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the Japanese people are superior to other races.
-- Hirohito

#Race #People #Legends

I made efforts to swallow tears and to protect the species of the Japanese nation.
-- Hirohito

#Effort #Tears #Made

The fruits of victory are tumbling into our mouths too quickly.
-- Hirohito

#War #Victory #Tumbling

We have resolved to endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable.
-- Hirohito

#Military #Suffering #Unendurable

All men are brothers, like the seas throughout the world; So why do winds and waves clash so fiercely everywhere?
-- Hirohito

#Brother #Military #Men

To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations, as well as the security and wellbeing of our subjects, is the solemn obligation which has been handed down by our imperial ancestors and which lies close to our heart,
-- Hirohito

#Lying #Heart #Common

I discovered freedom for the first time in England.
-- Hirohito

#Firsts #England #First Time

Endure what is difficult to endure and to suffer what is difficult to suffer.
-- Hirohito

#Suffering #Endure #Difficult

You can't imagine how much more work I had when I was a god.
-- Hirohito

#Imagine

Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.

I'm not an expert on the arms race.

I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'

People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.

Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers.

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

The myths and legends about Faerie are many and diverse, and often contradictory. Only one thing is certain - that nothing is certain. All things are possible in the land of Faerie.

I'm not like a legend that - so I'm sort of in the middle in this sort of gray area where, you know, I'm creating music, and I'm not saying there isn't an audience, because there is; because all of those people go out and spend $80 to $150 on a concert ticket.