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“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
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Isoroku Yamamoto
#Sleep Quotes
#Giants Quotes
#Done Quotes
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“You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass.”
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Isoroku Yamamoto
#Gun Quotes
#United States Quotes
#Rifles Quotes
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“The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants,”
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Isoroku Yamamoto
Source : Statement in opposition of the planned construction of the Yamato class battleships. "Scraps of Paper: The Disarmament Treaties Between the World Wars". Book by Harlow A. Hyde, 1988.
#Overcoming Quotes
#May Quotes
#Ants Quotes
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“I wonder what Heaven must think of the people down here on this small black speck in the universe that is earth, or of all their talk about the last few years-which are no more than a flash compared with eternity-being 'a time of emergency." It's really ridiculous.”
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Isoroku Yamamoto
#Thinking Quotes
#Years Quotes
#People Quotes
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“Today, as chief Of the guardians of the seas Of the land of the dawn, I gaze up with awe At the rising sun!”
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Isoroku Yamamoto
#Peace Quotes
#Sea Quotes
#Land Quotes
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“The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise. Every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand.”
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Isoroku Yamamoto
#Fate Quotes
#Men Quotes
#Hands Quotes
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“A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. I would rather you made your appraisal after seeing what the enemy does, since it is certain that, angered and outraged, he will soon launch a determined counterattack.”
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Isoroku Yamamoto
Source : Remark to to Ogata Taketora, the Editor in Chief of Asahi Shimbun, on January 09, 1942. "The Reluctant Admiral". Book by Hiroyuki Agawa, 1979.
#Military Quotes
#Sleep Quotes
#Pride Quotes
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“But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.”
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Isoroku Yamamoto
#War Quotes
#Expectations Quotes
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“The mindless rejoicing at home is really appalling; it makes me fear that the first blow against Tokyo will make them wilt at once...I only wish that [the Americans] had also had, say, three carriers at Hawaii...”
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Isoroku Yamamoto
#Military Quotes
#Home Quotes
#Blow Quotes
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“In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.”
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Isoroku Yamamoto
Source : "Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan". Book by Ronald H. Spector, 1985.
#Running Quotes
#Military Quotes
#War Quotes
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“A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.”
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Isoroku Yamamoto
#Military Quotes
#Sleep Quotes
#Pride Quotes
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“Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms of peace in the White House. I wonder if our politicians, among whom armchair arguments about war are being glibly bandied about in the name of state politics, have confidence as to the final outcome and are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices.”
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Isoroku Yamamoto
Source : "At Dawn We Slept". Book by Donald M Goldstein, Gordon Prange, and Katherine V. Dillon, 1981.
#War Quotes
#Sacrifice Quotes
#Japan Quotes
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