If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.

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.

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

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.

Patience is only a virtue when there is something worth waiting for.

Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be.

The Mediterranean will be turned into an Italian lake.

I want to win the game. I dont worry about taking over the game unless I have to.

He that lives by the sight of the eye may grow blind.

To be perpetually longing and impatiently desirous of anything, so that a man cannot abstain from it, is to lose a man's liberty, and to become a servant of meat and drink, or smoke.

We derive a lot of the reality of ourselves through interactions with others.

I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.

I'm interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.

I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.