It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished.

The desire to see Okinawa returned to Japan developed into a broad national consensus among our people.

It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance.

If the attainment of peace is the ultimate objective of all statesmen, it is, at the same time, something very ordinary, closely tied to the daily life of each individual.

The international order established at the end of World War II could certainly have been worse. However, this order did contain certain factors which bore within them the seeds of instability.

All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind.

He forgives without any strings attached.

Money is only a human invention.

I write because I know I am only one to control the world I created in my books.

We are cruel enough without meaning to be.

In every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them.

As a woman who has some sort of power, you have to have a man that can take that. It's hard to find those men.

It broke my heart into more pieces than my heart was made of, why can't people say what they mean at the time?

I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.

I love this country, I love the principles on which it's founded.

I don't really think that the technique really determines the veracity of the image. It's what the image does to the viewer that determines whether it's right or wrong.