Quote#Freedom
I think I have made it clear that I never intended to make enemies.…
Quote byFukuzawa Yukichi · 1835–1901
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi (1897), Ch. XI..
English (original)
I think I have made it clear that I never intended to make enemies. But in an age when anti-foreign sentiment was running high, it was unavoidable that in my position as an advocate of open intercourse and free adoption of Western culture, I should make some adversaries.
— Fukuzawa Yukichi
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