Hideki Tōjō Quote

If one of you should detect any dissatisfaction or unsettled feeling within your (the governors') jurisdiction, you should take immediate and concrete steps for the complete removal of these elements … Now the people of our nation must endure our little punk of an emperor and their inconveniences and overcome painful hardships in order to win this war.

Broadcast speech, as quoted in Fourth International Vol.5 No.2 (February 1944).