The second is that the role of China trade in Japanese economy, important as it is, has often been exaggerated, as proven by our experience of the past 6 years.

I speak of the old Japan, because out of the ashes of the old Japan there has risen a new Japan.

We pray that henceforth not only Japan but all mankind may know the blessings of harmony and progress.

Almost a century has passed since Japan first entered the world community by concluding a treaty of amity with the United States of America in 1854.

We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.

History offers examples of winning in diplomacy after losing in war.

By perfecting this legislative machinery and by participating in the various international agreements we intend to contribute to the wholesome development of world trade.

There is fear as to whether Japan, reduced to such a predicament, could ever manage to pay reparations to certain designated Allied Powers without shifting the burden upon the other Allied Powers.

You can never learn/improve if you are too proud to accept criticism.

I wasn’t a person after all. I was simply this exotic thing for people to observe and investigate, an alien in any environment I was in.

There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.

I've... been accused of being involved with every man I'm ever seen with or worked with. Maybe I have, maybe I ain't. I never tell if I have.

Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun

Liszt's so-called piano music is nothing but Chopin and brandy.

She didn't flirt with him, but they hung out together a lot, and every time I saw their heads bent over a computer screen or map, it made my stomach clench. And my teeth. And my fists.

The media in America has become so cowed and compromised.

Millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free.

I raise my stein to the builder who can remove ghettos without removing people as I hail the chef who can make omelets without breaking eggs.