Fukuzawa Yukichi Quote

Moreover, the argument for national polity, for Christianity, and for Confucianism... are also insufficient to bolster people's hearts. What, then, will? I say there is one thing: namely, to establish our goal and advance toward civilization... The way in which to preserve this independence cannot be sought anywhere except in civilization.

Bunmeiron no Gairyaku [An Outline of a Theory of civilization] (1875).