All I want to hear from you is Yes or No!

In order to carry out orders from the southern army I sent 50,000 troops to Leyte, but due to air and submarine attacks half of them were lost.

We have just received your reply. The Japanese Army will consider nothing but surrender.

How could we win when you had all that?

One mark of a good officer: the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better

I am a Ford, not a Lincoln. My addresses will never be as eloquent as Mr. Lincoln's. But I will do my very best to equal his brevity and his plain speaking.

I think it's very important for the American president to mean what he says. That's why I understand that the enemy could misread what I say. That's why I try …