Top 15 Sadao Araki Quotes

Japanese officer and general (1877–1966)

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Baron Sadao Araki (May 26, 1877 – November 2, 1966) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army before World War II. A charismatic leader and one of the principal nationalist right-wing political theorists in the late Japanese Empire, he was regarded as the leader of the radical faction within the politicized Japanese Army.

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I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible.

In appointing our Ambassador to the United States at this important time, with the 1936 crisis ahead, such considerations as dignity, past career, equity and sentiment must be discarded and a man of ability chosen in the interests of the country. In the light of these considerations, we find Hiroshi Saito, present Minister of Holland, the right person for the post.

It is now time for our nation to frustrate the wild dreams of the whites.

The foundations of our Empire are now based more firmly than ever! The birth of a Crown Prince shows that the prosperity of the Imperial Household is increasing many times.

Setbacks there and at home will only increase our strength...

Unless you remove the weeds, a good crop will be ruined.

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.

Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly.

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!

We have no hesitation in declaring that we are a military nation- in the cause of Kodo and the highest morality.

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.

Frivolous thinking is due to foreign thought. Japan must no longer let the impudence of the white peoples go unpunished. It is the duty of Japan to fulfill her natural destiny, to cause China to respect the Japanese, to expel Chinese influence from Manchuria, and to follow the way of imperial destiny.

Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.

If we have a thousand bamboo spears, there's nothing to worry about a war with the Soviet Union.

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.