Japanese Prime Minister

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“The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.”
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“The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.”
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“Faith in reason as a prime motor is no longer the criterion of the sound mind, any more than faith in the Bible is the criterion of righteous intention.”
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“[T]he minister preached a sermon on Jonah and the whale, at the end of which an old chief arose and declared, “We have heard several of the white people talk and lie; we know they will lie, but this is the biggest lie we ever heard.””
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