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"If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so."
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"Wilted or in bloom,taking or lending daylight,the world transitions."
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"The only way to change the world is to quit thinking it's a job for Superman. Real power lies in your own hands."
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"If the tranquillity is killing you, seek for the storm to save your life!"
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"There are no real start-overs, only start-from-heres."
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"With the same habit of mind, even if you live thousands of lives, all will be the same! Get a different habit of mind to get a different life!"
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"The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide."
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"Like birds leaving the dangerous places man must also leave his dangerous ideas!"
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"The fate of every unusual thing is to be a usual thing quickly!"
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"There is nothing so stable as change."
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"Our only security is our ability to change."
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"In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things."
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"If I write in my name to the agents of England and France residing in Asia and inform them that Japan is ready to make a commercial treaty with their countries, the number of steamers will be reduced from fifty to two or three."
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"The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time."
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"It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first."
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"The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed."
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"In case of war, a treaty would have to be made at the end of the war."
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"It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also."
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"Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed."
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"The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do."
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"The President is of opinion that if Japan makes a treaty with the United States, all other foreign countries will make the same kind of a treaty, and Japan will be safe thereafter."
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