Hirohito quotes
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“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.”
-- HirohitoSource : Address denying his divinity, 1 Jan. 1946
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“I made efforts to swallow tears and to protect the species of the Japanese nation.”
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“The fruits of victory are tumbling into our mouths too quickly.”
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“We have resolved to endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable.”
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“All men are brothers, like the seas throughout the world; So why do winds and waves clash so fiercely everywhere?”
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“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,”
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“I discovered freedom for the first time in England.”
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“Endure what is difficult to endure and to suffer what is difficult to suffer.”
-- HirohitoSource : 1945 Declaration, 15 Aug. Quoted in Hugh Cortazzi The Japanese Achievement (1990).
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“You can't imagine how much more work I had when I was a god.”
-- Hirohito
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“The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.”
Source : As quoted in "Road Signs for Success" y Jim Whitt, (p. 61), 1993.
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Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK
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“Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers.”
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