Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants.” ~ Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) Japanese Naval Marshal General and commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, a graduate of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and a student of Harvard University (1919–1921)Source: Statement in opposition of the planned construction of the Yamato class battleships, as quoted in Scraps of paper: the disarmament treaties between the world wars (1989) by Harlow A. Hyde