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"If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago."
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"To hold a pen is to be at war."
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"A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny."
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"The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion."
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"So far war has been the only force that can discipline a whole community and until an equivalent discipline is organized I believe that war must have its way."
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"In the matter of war, ask this question to yourself and to your own fellow country men: Have you ever seen any politician in your country without legs, without arms, without eyes after war? No! You can't see such a thing because honourless politicians always stay in the safe ports while they send others to the zone of death!"
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"War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves."
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"War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it."
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"A woman protested saying, "Of course it was a righteous war. My son fell in it."."
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"In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory."
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"In war there is no prize for runner-up."
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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."
Nation
"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."
Change
"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."
Time
"If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago."
War
"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."
Circumstance
"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."
Time
"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."
Politics
"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."
Politics
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