I think I have made it clear that I never intended to make enemies. But in an age when anti-foreign sentiment was running high, it was unavoidable th…

- Fukuzawa Yukichi

Whatever happens in the country, whatever warfare harasses our land, we will never relinquish our hold on Western learning. As long as this school of…

- Fukuzawa Yukichi

In its broad sense, civilization means not only comfort in daily necessities but also the refining of knowledge and the cultivation of virtue so as t…

- Fukuzawa Yukichi

It is said that heaven does not create one man above or below another man. Any existing distinction between the wise and the stupid, between the rich…

- Fukuzawa Yukichi

Therefore, to teach them [women] at least an outline of economics and law is the first requirement after giving them a general education. Figurativel…

- Fukuzawa Yukichi

Each individual man and each individual country, according to the principles of natural reason, is free from bondage. Consequently, if there is some …

- Fukuzawa Yukichi

It is quite beneath the dignity of a person holding a Bachelor of Arts degree to engage in such a vulgar occupation as the writing of novels.

- Fukuzawa Yukichi