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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1067942" data-attributes="member: 40736">How about I just disprove the phony quote?Misattributed&nbsp;<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Statement made after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" target="_blank">attack on Pearl Harbor</a> by Yamamoto as portrayed in the film <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tora%21_Tora%21_Tora%21" target="_blank">Tora! Tora! Tora!</a>,&nbsp; this is one of the most quoted remarks attributed to him. Though it is&nbsp; thought that it summarizes his sentiments well, a definite source for&nbsp; this quote has never been provided. William Safire wrote that there is&nbsp; no printed evidence to support this quote. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=c4UoX6-Sv1AC&amp;pg=PA666" target="_blank">Safire&#039;s Political Dictionary, page 666.</a> For more information see the Wikipedia article &quot;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoroku_Yamamoto%27s_sleeping_giant_quote" target="_blank">Isoroku Yamamoto&#039;s sleeping giant quote</a>&quot;. </li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">It has been declared this attribution is &quot;unsubstantiated and almost&nbsp; certainly bogus, even though it has been repeated thousands of times in&nbsp; various Internet postings. There is no record of the commander in chief&nbsp; of Japan’s wartime fleet ever saying it.&quot;, according to <a href="http://www.factcheck.org/2009/05/misquoting-yamamoto/" target="_blank">Brooks Jackson in &quot;Misquoting Yamamoto&quot; at Factcheck.org (11 May 2009)</a> </li>
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[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1067942, member: 40736"] How about I just disprove the phony quote? [B]Misattributed[/B] [LIST] [*][B]I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.[/B] [LIST] [*]Statement made after the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor"]attack on Pearl Harbor[/URL] by Yamamoto as portrayed in the film [I][URL="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tora%21_Tora%21_Tora%21"]Tora! Tora! Tora![/URL][/I], this is one of the most quoted remarks attributed to him. Though it is thought that it summarizes his sentiments well, a definite source for this quote has never been provided. William Safire wrote that there is no printed evidence to support this quote. [URL="http://books.google.com/books?id=c4UoX6-Sv1AC&pg=PA666"][I]Safire's Political Dictionary[/I], page 666.[/URL] For more information see the Wikipedia article "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoroku_Yamamoto%27s_sleeping_giant_quote"]Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quote[/URL]". [/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][B]You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.[/B] [LIST] [*]It has been declared this attribution is "unsubstantiated and almost certainly bogus, even though it has been repeated thousands of times in various Internet postings. There is no record of the commander in chief of Japan’s wartime fleet ever saying it.", according to [URL="http://www.factcheck.org/2009/05/misquoting-yamamoto/"]Brooks Jackson in "Misquoting Yamamoto" at [I]Factcheck.org[/I] (11 May 2009)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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