I Have Returned. By The Grace Of

My Staff Was Unanimous In Believing That Japan Was On The Point Of Collapse And Surrender.

A Better World Shall Emerge Based On Faith And Understanding.

I Came Through And I Shall Return.

It Is My Earnest Hope - Indeed The Hope Of All Mankind - That From This Solemn Occasion A Better World Shall Emerge Out Of The Blood And Carnage Of The Past, A World Found Upon Faith And Understanding, A World Dedicated To The Dignity Of Man And The Fulfillment Of His Most Cherished Wish For Freedom, Tolerance And Justice.

It Seems To Me The Worst Possible Concept, Militarily, That We Would Simply Stay There, Resisting Aggression, So-called...it Seems To Me That The Way To "resist Aggression" Is To Destroy The Potentialities Of The Aggressor To Continually Hit You...when You Say, Merely, "we Are Going To Continue To Fight Aggression," That Is Not What The Enemy Is Fighting For. The Enemy Is Fighting For A Very Definite Purpose-to Destroy Our Forces.