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"What sort of government is it that permits so many children to go to school hungry, without even a morsel of food in their stomachs? It cannot be! It must not be!"

Sadao Araki
Sadao Araki
Baron Sadao Araki was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was regarded as the leader of the Kodoha, a political faction within the Imperial Japanese Army and served as Minister of the Army under Prime Ministers Inukai and Saitō. He was forced from active service in the aftermath of the February 26 incident. He later served as Minister of Education under Prime Ministers Konoe an
"What sort of government is it that permits so many children to go to school hungry, without even a morsel of food in their stomachs? It cannot be! It must not be!"
"Now the opportunity to destroy the USSR has arrived."
"A war minister is able to force the adoption of any measure desired by the Camp or to block any measure that meets his disapproval."
"Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japans action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly."
"Setbacks there and at home will only increase our strength..."
"It is now time for our nation to frustrate the wild dreams of the whites."
"I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible."
"If we have a thousand bamboo spears, theres nothing to worry about a war with the Soviet Union."
"Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and Ill wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army."
"The spirit of the Japanese nation is, by its nature, a thing that must be propagated over the seven seas and extended over the five continents. Anything that may hinder its progress must be abolished, even by force."
"We have no hesitation in declaring that we are a military nation- in the cause of Kodo and the highest morality."
"Unless you remove the weeds, a good crop will be ruined."