Quotes by Hideki Tojo
“It is natural that I should bear entire responsibility for the war in general, and, needless to say, I am prepared to do so.”— Hideki Tojo
“The Greater East Asia War was justified and righteous. I am very sorry for the nation and all the races of the Greater Asiatic powers. I wait for the righteous judgment of history.”— Hideki Tojo
“Justice has nothing to do with victor nations and vanquished nations, but must be a moral standard that all the world's peoples can agree to.”— Hideki Tojo
“The moment of life and death is the moment of crisis. If you are alive, fight, if you are dead, stop.”— Hideki Tojo
“Even if we are defeated, the noble spirit of the kamikaze attack corps will keep our homeland from ruin.”— Hideki Tojo
“I would like to see this war brought to a swift conclusion. That is my hope. But it is not a matter of ending the war; it is a matter of not losing the war.”— Hideki Tojo
“In dealing with the China problem, the British and American side has been giving assistance to the Chungking regime, and had been disturbing the peace of East Asia.”— Hideki Tojo
“The state is a collectivity of people, and the individual is a component of that collectivity.”— Hideki Tojo
“It is natural that I should bear entire responsibility for the war in general, and, needless to say, I am prepared to do so.”— Hideki Tojo
“Justice has nothing to do with victor nations and vanquished nations, but must be a moral standard that all the world can universalize.”— Hideki Tojo
“I look forward to the day when I can stand before the court of God and plead my case.”— Hideki Tojo
“However, they are not battling against the Japanese spirit, they are battling against the spirit of all of Asia.”— Hideki Tojo