Andy - Executive Officer Quotes in Destination Tokyo (1943)

Capt. Cassidy: There was a democratic movement in Japan after the last war. What happened?

Reserve Officer Raymond: The leaders were assassinated.

Andy - Executive Officer: Well, what about the people?

Capt. Cassidy: They have no voice now. Starvation is the big stick, isn't it, Raymond?

Reserve Officer Raymond: That's right, sir. The big wage is seven dollars a week. They have no unions, no free press... nothing.

Capt. Cassidy: They do what they're told.

Reserve Officer Raymond: I'm afraid most of them believe what they're told - like that "hero" who knifed your torpedo man. They've been sold a swindle, and they accept it.

Andy - Executive Officer: But how can they support such big families on seven bucks a week?

Reserve Officer Raymond: They don't. Daughters of the poor are often sold to factories, or... worse - when they're about 12.

Capt. Cassidy: Females are useful there only to work or to have children. The Japs don't understand the love we have for our women. They don't even have a word for it in their language.