Hirohito quotes

Hirohito quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“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

Source : Address denying his divinity, 1 Jan. 1946

#Race Quotes #People Quotes #Legends Quotes
“I made efforts to swallow tears and to protect the species of the Japanese nation.”
-- Hirohito

#Effort Quotes #Tears Quotes #Made Quotes
“The fruits of victory are tumbling into our mouths too quickly.”
-- Hirohito

#War Quotes #Victory Quotes #Tumbling Quotes
“We have resolved to endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable.”
-- Hirohito

#Military Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Unendurable Quotes
“All men are brothers, like the seas throughout the world; So why do winds and waves clash so fiercely everywhere?”
-- Hirohito

#Brother Quotes #Military Quotes #Men Quotes
“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 Quotes #Heart Quotes #Common Quotes
“I discovered freedom for the first time in England.”
-- Hirohito

#Firsts Quotes #England Quotes #First Time Quotes
“Endure what is difficult to endure and to suffer what is difficult to suffer.”
-- Hirohito

Source : 1945 Declaration, 15 Aug. Quoted in Hugh Cortazzi The Japanese Achievement (1990).

#Suffering Quotes #Endure Quotes #Difficult Quotes
“You can't imagine how much more work I had when I was a god.”
-- Hirohito

#Imagine Quotes

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