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

Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll 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.

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.