Author: Isoroku Yamamoto

Quotes

To fight the United States is like fighting the whole world. But it has been decided. So I will fight the best I can.

To fight the United States is like fighting the whole world. But it has been decided. So I will fight the best I can.

- Isoroku Yamamoto

I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.

I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.

- Isoroku Yamamoto

Anyone who has seen the auto factories in Detroit and the oil fields in Texas knows that Japan lacks the national power for a naval race with America.

Anyone who has seen the auto factories in Detroit and the oil fields in Texas knows that Japan lacks the national power for a naval race with America.

- Isoroku Yamamoto

A man of real purpose puts his faith in himself always. Sometimes he refuses even to put his faith in the gods. So from time to time, he falls into error.

A man of real purpose puts his faith in himself always. Sometimes he refuses even to put his faith in the gods. So from time to time, he falls into error.

- Isoroku Yamamoto

I'm against war with the United States. But I am an officer of the Imperial Navy and a subject of His Majesty the Emperor.

I'm against war with the United States. But I am an officer of the Imperial Navy and a subject of His Majesty the Emperor.

- Isoroku Yamamoto

If we are to have a war with America, we will have no hope of winning unless the U.S. fleet in Hawaiian waters can be destroyed.

If we are to have a war with America, we will have no hope of winning unless the U.S. fleet in Hawaiian waters can be destroyed.

- Isoroku Yamamoto

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