“Frivolous thinking is due to foreign thought. Japan must no longer let the impudence of the white peoples go unpunished. It is the duty of Japan to fulfill her natural destiny, to cause China to respect the Japanese, to expel Chinese influence from Manchuria, and to follow the way of imperial destiny.”

— Sadao Araki

Quoted in "World War II almanac" - Page 9 - by Robert Goralski - History - 1981

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Japanese general 1877–1966

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