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Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan's real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long duration.

Therefore, if one were to consider that there was virtually no possibility of success through the US-Japan negotiations, the military and economic pressures would only force Japan into further crisis if time were allowed to pass in vain.

We now have to see our country surrender to the enemy without demonstrating our power up to 120 percent. We are now on a course for a humiliating peace - or, rather, a humiliating surrender.

The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks.

However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation, we would be well prepared to cancel operations at the latest moment that communication technology would have permitted.

Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.

I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president.

Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.

Let's continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.

What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.

It's impossible to know what happens in the fog of war.

I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

People can judge me for what I've done. And I think when somebody's out in the public eye, that's what they do. So I'm fully comfortable with who I am, what I stand for, and what I've always stood for.

You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of the regime, because deep down it's not a legitimate regime, it doesn't represent the will of the people, it's kind of morphed into kind of a military theocracy.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses create jobs. You know that old theory, 'trickle-down economics.' That has been tried, that has failed. It has failed rather spectacularly.

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.

One of the reasons this election is so important is because the Supreme Court hangs in the balance. We need to overturn that terrible Supreme Court decision, Citizens United, and then reform our whole campaign finance system.

If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval.

There is no doubt that America remains the premier political, economic, military power in the world, and I both expect and count on it remaining so, because I think that's certainly in our best interest but also the best interests of the world.

I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigration.

There's a difference between fair game and playing games.

It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy.

Showing up is not all of life - but it counts for a lot.

I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.

We would very much like to see Iran take a position as a responsible leader that doesn't intimidate or threaten or scare its neighbors and others. But the choice is really up to Iran and we're going to keep working to try to come out with the right decision.

I wish I were taller and thinner but the hair you can do something about.

If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.

I believe in transparency.

It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children's and grandchildren's fates, are decided.

You don't walk away if you love someone. You help the person.

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

I think that if you live long enough, you realize that so much of what happens in life is out of your control, but how you respond to it is in your control. That's what I try to remember.

I can't drive anymore.

Every marriage is a mystery to me, even the one I'm in. So I'm no expert on it.

We'll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist.

I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.

You have to test your ideas in a public forum.

I believe climate change is real and that we can save our planet while creating millions of good-paying clean energy jobs.

Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right.

My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before.

We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all nations of origin, all languages, all religions, all races, can make a home. America was built by immigrants.

We're always going to argue about abortion. It's a hard choice and it's controversial, and that's why I'm pro-choice, because I want people to make their own choices.

I don't think about a legacy; I think about my life, because I've had quite an unpredictable life.

There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.

Egypt is a large, complex, very important country.

No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

You cannot have development in today's world without partnering with the private sector.