Opening Japan

Famous quotes containing the words opening and/or japan:

    Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.
    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)