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The most important thing we have to do first of all in a war with the U.S., I firmly believe, is to fiercely attack and destroy the U.S. main fleet at the outset of the war so that the morale of the U.S. Navy and her people goes down to such an extent that it cannot be recovered.
— Isoroku Yamamoto
Tags: important, believe, people, war

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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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