Whosoever will be great among you… shall be the servant of all. A ruler’s sovereignty, Your Majesty, is in the hearts of the people. Only by service to others can a man, or nation, be godlike.
Toyohiko Kagawa – Japanese christian reformer, labour unionist and pacifist (1888-1960), in his lecture before emperor Hirohito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo (February 1946)