Frases de Mitsumasa Yonai

Mitsumasa Yonai fue un almirante de la Marina Imperial Japonesa, político y 37º primer ministro de Japón . Wikipedia  

✵ 2. marzo 1880 – 20. abril 1948
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Mitsumasa Yonai: Frases en inglés

“Japan is fully prepared to take appropriate steps in event that the United States continues its oppression.”

Quoted in "Japanese Hurl Veiled Threat", Los Angeles Times (February 11, 1940).

“History shows that whenever an emergency arises, our national spirit is most emphatically manifested to advance the prestige and fortune of the nation. It is incumbent upon us to leave no stone unturned in order to promote loyalty and bravery on the home front as well, and to replenish and demonstrate our nation's powers, for which are required the inculcation of the spirit of reverence for deities and respect for ancestors, the renovation of national education and the of the people's physical strength.”

alternate version: History shows that, whenever an emergency arises, our national spirit is manifested most emphatically to advance the prestige and bring about the prosperity of the nation. Nor must we be negligent in any way in promoting a loyal and heroic spirit among the home-front population so that national strength may be augmented and given full play. For this purpose, such measures as the fostering of the spirit of piety and of honouring ancestors, the renovation of national education and the improvement of the people's physical strength.
Quoted in Nihon Gaiji Kyokai, Tokyo Gazette, p. 343. Also quoted in Daniel Clarence Holtom, Modern Japan and Shinto Nationalism (1963), p. 19.