“What the diary does not reveal, for it stops too soon, is the appalling fact that from late 1945 until 1952 Japanese medical researchers were prohibited by U.S. occupation authorities from publishing scientific articles on the effects of the atomic bombs.”
Source: Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
“When the Russian delegate this summer indicated the Soviet Union's interest in sending medical equipment, Dr Shigeto went right away to see the delegate and settle the matter tactfully. He is careful to steer clear of the superficial swirl of political maneuvering, but never misses any opportunity to improve the capability of the A-bomb Hospital or to enhance concretely the welfare of the patients. In that sense, he sometimes refers to himself as a 'dirty handkerchief.' That is, he serves to filter political purposes out of relief efforts so that the effect on patients is purely and concretely humane.”
Source: Hiroshima Notes
“Why, if one were Queen, would one ever want to marry? If one is ruler, is it not better to both King and Queen? That is exactly what a woman can do if she remains without a mate.”
“Pain was the only sign to her that she was alive and could feel emotion.”
Source: His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester
“You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe, the inaction you've taken.”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The Tudors hated to be wrong, and therefore never were.”
Source: His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester
“My mother had a dog once. She used to make it jump through a burning hoop to prove its devotion to her, until she found my father did it better. He jumped through that hoop for over six years. When he finally got tired of performing for her amusement he killed her. And that's what makes men such interesting pets, Markham - you never know when they're going to turn and bite.”
Source: Legacy
“Proud Prelate, you know what you were before I made you what you are. If you do not immediately comply with my request I will unfrock you by God"!”
“The Queen coined new money specifically for the Company {East India}. Minted at the Tower of London and bearing her arms on one side and a portcullis on the other, it soon became know as the portcullis money. She also granted the merchants a new flag which, with its blue field and background of thirteen red and white stripes, prefigured the one adopted by the Thirteen Colonies of America some 175 years later.”
Source: Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
“Majesty, there is less danger in fearing too much than too little.”
Source: His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester