“It is all very well to be cautious, but if we are too cautious we will miss our opportunity.”

—  Yoshijirō Umezu

Quoted in "The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire" - Page 754 - by John Toland - History - 2003.

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