USS Wisconsin Bb-64/world War II 1944-1945/bombardment of Japan

Famous quotes containing the words world, war and/or japan:

    I find ... that he is happiest of whom the world sais least, good or bad.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    I do not know that the United States can save civilization but at least by our example we can make people think and give them the opportunity of saving themselves. The trouble is that the people of Germany, Italy and Japan are not given the privilege of thinking.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)