If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.

Open the doors to all. Let the children of the rich and the poor take their seats together and know of no distinction save that of industry, good conduct, and intellect.

Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs in China also.

The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time.

We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries.

The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited.

The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.

Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.

In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed.

If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.

To have the spirit of youth and the wisdom from age. Is to have used the eternal fountain of life within our very souls. Not for an instant but for a lifetime. Amen.

Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.

Giving interviews is the most difficult thing about being a gymnast.

Holy flowers floating in the air, were all these tired faces in the dawn of Jazz America.

If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.

Look, the FBI has the tools necessary un-American activities in our country. It goes on, we shouldn't even be talking about it.

Those who tell you it's tough at the top have never been at the bottom.

Working out, for me, is sort of a meditation.

The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is whether you are alive before death.

I've been accused of lacking compassion. But that just shows I'm not without compassion.