“It seemed to me the discipline of education was effective only during peace time when there was law and order. Character cannot be improved by education. It reveals itself when there are no police to maintain order. Education is a veneer, a plating.” CharacterPeaceEducationViolenceMorals Book:Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 Source: Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945