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Even though there wasn't much damage, it's a disgrace that the skies over the imperial capital should have been defiled without a single enemy plane being shot down. It provides a regrettably graphic illustration of the saying that a bungling attack is better than the most skillful defense.
— Isoroku Yamamoto
Tags: down, enemy, saying, better

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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
Tags: pride, enemy, matter, man
Unless more efforts based upon long-range planning are put into military preparations and operations, it will be very hard to win the final victory.
— Isoroku Yamamoto
Tags: more, will, win, victory
It is like a disease to think that an invincible status has been achieved after being satisfied with the past successful operations.
— Isoroku Yamamoto
Tags: being, like, think, past
If a war breaks out with the United States, the navy will have to put all its strength into interceptive operations, so... massive sea-borne supplies might be momentarily interrupted.
— Isoroku Yamamoto
Tags: out, navy, will, war, strength
People who don't gamble aren't worth talking to.
— Isoroku Yamamoto
Tags: talking, worth, who, people
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