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I felt from the start that America was not likely to relinquish lightly positions established at the cost of such sacrifices, and I pressed the view that a high degree of preparation and willingness to make sacrifices would be necessary on our side, but everybody here always persists in facile optimism until the very worst actually happens. -Isoroku Yamamoto
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Hillary Clinton was the worst Secretary of State in the history of the country. The world came apart under her reign as Secretary of State. -Donald Trump
As long as tides of war are in our favor, the United States will never stop fighting. As a consequence, the war will continue for several years, during which materiel will be exhausted, vessels and arms will be damaged, and they can be replaced only with great difficulties. - Isoroku Yamamoto
People who don't gamble aren't worth talking to. - Isoroku Yamamoto
Look at it this way: You’ve already survived 100% of your worst days! You’ll get through this one too.
Even a burglar hesitates to go back for more. - Isoroku Yamamoto
The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
Never tell anyone outside my staff that the Submarine Force and the First Air Fleet were responsible for the failure at Midway. The failure at Midway was mine. - Isoroku Yamamoto
Sometimes the best people... have the worst experiences... because they are ready to learn
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. Isoroku Yamamoto
Although a precise outlook on the international situation is hard for anyone to make, it is needless to say that now the time has come for the Navy, especially the Combined Fleet, to devote itself seriously to war preparations, training, and operational plans with a firm determination that a conflict with the U.S. and Great Britain is inevitable. -Isoroku Yamamoto
