->''Keep men, lose land: land can be taken again. Keep land, lose men: land and men are both lost.''
-->-- '''Mao Zedong, 1939'''

-> ''We shall not lightly talk about sacrifice until we are driven to the last extreme which makes sacrifice inevitable.''
-->-- '''Chiang Kai Shek, 1939'''

-> ''[[{{Understatement}} In the event of a sustained nuclear bombing, the protection of the Japanese nation would be rather difficult.]]''
-->-- '''Emperor Hirohito, 1945'''

-> ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice The war has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.]]''
-->-- '''Emperor Hirohito, 1945'''

->''The Greater East Asian War was righteous and justified.''
-->-- '''General Hideki Tojo, 1946'''

->''[[KillEmAll KILL ALL CAPTIVES]]''
-->-- Memo from '''Prince Yasuhiko Asaka''', ordering the Nanking massacre