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=Itagaki Taisuke "You can cut me down, but liberalism will stand strong and tall!" =



 What is Liberalism? Liberalism is a belief of importance of liberty and equality arguing that private individuals had a fundamental right to life, liberty, and property. I will promise you the abolition of the Han system and raise this new idea of liberalism to benefit the people. **__Basic Information__** Count Itagaki Taisuke was born from a middle-class samurai family. He quickly rose in power and became the //sobayonin//, a councilor, charge of accounts and military matters of Edo in 1861. He joined forces with Saigo Takamori to overthrow the //Shogun// in the upcoming Meiji Restoration. He was appointed as a Councilor of State in 1869, but resigned in 1873, due to the disagreement of the government's policy of restraint towards Korea. So he and Goto Shojiro, Eto Shimpei, and Soejima Taneomi formed the //Aikoku Koto//, the Public Party of Patriots. He and his associations created a variety of organizations to combine the samurai ethos with the Western idea, liberalism. In 1878, he took part in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement which followed to a failed assassination of Itagaki Taisuke.



__**Explanation of Slogan **__As an important politician of the Liberal party, Itagaki Taisuke had many enemies who did not support his new idea of equality and liberty. In 1882, he was almost assassinated by a right-wing militant. He then says one of his famous quotes: **"Itagaki may die, but liberty never!"** This exemplifies how strongly he thinks of his idea of liberalism. It sounds like he doesn't care that if he dies because his idea of liberalism will go on.

**__Important Quotes__** //"Itagaki may// //die , but liberty  never!"

" We , the <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">thirty millions of people in Japan <span style="color: #e82626; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;"> are all equally endowed with certain definite rights, among which are those of <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring and possessing property, and obtaining a livelihood and pursuing happiness. //<span style="color: #8f8f8f; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">//"//

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