Ho Chi Minh

“My only desire is that all of our people have food to eat, clothes to wear, a school to study at.”

“Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.”

“Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.”

“Our mountains will always be, our rivers will always be, our people will always be. The American invaders defeated, we will rebuild our land ten times more beautiful.”

“Study, study more, study forever.”

“Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.”

“He who has a wise mind and a clear conscience is bigger than any material force.”

“To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100, cultivate the people.”

“You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours, but even at those odds, you will lose and I will win.”

“When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.”

“All men are created equal; they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights; among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

“I follow only one party: the Vietnamese party.”

“It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.”

“Solidarity, solidarity, great solidarity. Success, success, great success.”

“In order to build socialism, there must be socialist people.”