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

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Religion is the opium of the masses.

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Do one thing every day that scares you. ― Eleanor Roosevelt

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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. — Matsuo Bashō

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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ― Mahatma Gandhi

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. ― Mark Twain

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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

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