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Quotes by Leader


"We are opposed to the line of compromise with imperialism. At the same time, we cannot tolerate the practice of only shouting against imperialism, but, in actual fact, being afraid to fight it."

"Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy."

"There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years."

"If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan."

"Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding."

"The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever."

"A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution."

"The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built."

"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them."

"Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear."

"Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart."

"A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing."

"The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges."

"It's easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone."

"None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that population can surprise us when there is the right interplay of events."

"Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners."

"Overall relations between the North and the South have developed in favor of national reconciliation, unity and reunification."

"Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity."

"A man who dreads trials and difficulties cannot become a revolutionary. If he is to become a revolutionary with an indomitable fighting spirit, he must be tempered in the arduous struggle from his youth. As the saying goes, early training means more than late earning."

"Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement."

"The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer."

"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together."

"If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it."

"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day."


"It is necessary to expose the false propaganda of the imperialists and thoroughly dispel the illusion that the imperialists will give up their positions in the colonies and dependent countries with good will."

"When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home."

"We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view."

"Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit."

"I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we were Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu; but our innermost prayer should be that a Hindu should become a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, and a Christian a better Christian."

"All the principal people in the town are concerned in the slave trade, and their chief wealth consists in the number of slaves they possess; therefore there is little chance of the trade being, for many years, totally abolished."
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