To achieve the objective, do not be choosy about methods.
目的を達するためには人間対人間のうじうじした関係に沈んでおるわけにはいかん。
Military Strategists
Ōkubo Toshimichi
The ruthlessly effective architect of modern Japan who built the Meiji state's institutions while his more charismatic peers took the glory (1830-1878). Okubo Toshimichi proved that revolutions are won by warriors but consolidated by administrators — and that the builder of systems is more consequential than the hero of battles.
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