Quotes About Japanese Surrender

#1. V-J Day, or Victory in Japan Day, marks the date of the Japanese surrender that ended fighting in the Pacific.

Doc Hastings

#2. The quintessential Japanese balance, I thought: to surrender all of yourself to an illusion, and yet somewhere, in some part of yourself, to know all the while that it is an illusion.

Pico Iyer

#3. Ulysses was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.

Orson Scott Card

#4. We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.

Robert M. Hutchins

#5. The mother in her believed that the love she had for her daughter was safe from the mayhem of her mind, because it lived in her heart.

Lisa Genova

#6. It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved.

Wilfred Burchett

#7. Freedom can never yield its fullness of blessings so long as the law or its administration places the smallest obstacle in the pathway of any virtuous citizen.

James A. Garfield

#8. Desperation is energized despair, and despair is the abandonment of hope.

Dean Koontz

#9. The stony-minded orthodox were right in fearing the first movement of new knowledge and free thought. It has gone on, and will go on, irresistibly, until some day we shall have no respect for an alleged "truth" which cannot stand the full blaze of knowledge, the full force of active thought.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#10. I love you, Finn."
He closed his eyes. "I'm gonna work every fucking day until I deserve you."
"Shh." She leaned her forehead to his and shook her head. "Just ... show me.

Kit Rocha

#11. I still think that the greater part of the world is mistaken about many things. Surely one may be sane and yet think so, since the greater part of the world has often had to come round from its opinion.

George Eliot

#12. One may like the love and despise the lover.

George Farquhar

#13. The Japanese were ready to surrender, and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

#14. It was adding up to something I couldn't figure out yet, but I didn't think it would end with a happy ever after for us anymore.

Ashlan Thomas

#15. Until we resolve to stand up & walk, we won't find people to show us directions ... I am confident that 125 crore Indians are capable to walk and will keep walking always.

Narendra Modi

#16. We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.

Wendy Kopp

#17. All the electronic devices are powered by white smoke. When smoke goes out, device is dead.

Milan Nikolic

#18. Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.

John Cleese