#mercenaries

Japanese people today think of money, just money: Where is our national spirit today? The Jieitai must be the soul of Japan. … The nation has no spiritual foundation. That is why you don’t agree with me. You will just be American mercenaries. There you are in your tiny world. You do nothing for Japan. … I salute the Emperor. Long live the emperor! ↗

— Yukio Mishima

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#money #national-spirit #nihilism #patriotism #spirituality

Looters become looted, while time and tide make us mercenaries all. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

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#looters #looting #mercenaries #theft #thieves

We will push those crooks, those mercenaries back into the swamp. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

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#crooks #into #mercenaries #push #swamp