Seishiro Itagaki quotes
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“Now that the Emperor has accepted the Potsdam Declaration, we must lay down our arms. Obeying the Emperor's order, we shall not fight. We must keep peace and order and we shall not make any trouble.”
-- Seishiro ItagakiSource : "Red Star Over Malaya". Book by Boon Kheng Cheah, p. 130, 2003.
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“I am convinced that in times such as these, every man must be a soldier, in substance as well as in name.”
-- Seishiro ItagakiSource : "The Fight for the Pacific". Book by by Mark Gayn, p.157, 1941.
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“The conflict between Japan and Chiang is little affected by the fall of the Wuhan cities and Sino-Japanese hostilities have just started.”
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“The war will continue a long time. Chiang Kai-shek may attempt to continue hostilities throughout his ifetime and as long as Chiang continues, Japan must continue.”
-- Seishiro ItagakiSource : "Time". Book by Briton Hadden, p. 29, 1923.
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“I am convinced of the necessity to take an effective measure of self defense.”
-- Seishiro ItagakiSource : Oakland Tribune Newspaper, February 21, 1939.
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Source : Aaron Siskind, Henry Holmes Smith, Thomas B. Hess (1965). “Aaron Siskind, photographer”
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“In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.”
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“A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.”
Source : Keep the Faith, Baby! "Black Power: A Form of Godly Power" (1967)
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