his words , " if you are going to do something , keep doing it until you see the result ," were quoted by prime minister yasuo fukuda in his administrative policy speech on january 18 , 2008 . 「井戸を掘るなら、水の湧く(沸く)まで掘れ」という彼の言葉は、2008年1月18日に福田康夫内閣総理大臣の施政方針演説の中で引用された。
at the first meeting of the imperial diet , he made an administrative policy speech and claimed that it was necessary to increase the military budget in order to keep both the ' sovereign line ' (the border ) and the ' interest line ' (korean peninsula ). 第1回帝国議会では施政方針演説において「主権線」(国境)のみならず「利益線」(朝鮮半島)の確保のために軍事予算の拡大が必要であると説いた。