Ho Chi Minh

It is well known that the Black race is the most oppressed and most exploited of the human family.

Defeating imperialism and feudalism is relatively easy. Overcoming poverty and underdevelopment is much more difficult.

Plant trees for the benefit of a decade, Invest in human capital for the benefit of a century.

The rice grain suffers under the blow of the pestle. But admire its whiteness once the order is over. So it is with men and the world we live in. To be a man one must suffer the blows of misfortune.

Today we should make poems including iron and steel And the poet should know how to lead an attack.

The U.S. imperialists supply armaments to their henchmen to massacre the Indochinese peoples. They dump their goods in Indochina to prevent the development of local handicrafts. Their pornographic culture depraves the youth in areas placed under their control.

I simply have a wish, a burning wish, to achieve complete independence for our homeland and freedom for our people so that our compatriots can all be properly fed, clothed and educated.

You will kill ten of us, we will kill one of you, but in the end, you will tire of it first.

Military action without politics is like a tree without a root.

I and others may be revolutionaries but we are disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, directly or indirectly, nothing more nothing less.

Our secret weapon is nationalism. To have nationhood, which is a sign of maturity, is greater than any weapons in the world.

Material possession will end when a person's life ends. Good or bad reputation, however, will be told for thousands of generations.

The tiger will fight until its last breath. The elephant will surely die.

I would rather sniff French dung for five years than eat Chinese dung for the rest of my life.

It is better to sacrifice all than to lose our country and be enslaved.

I have only one desire, a most ardent desire, that is, that our country shall be completely independent, that our people shall be completely free, that all our compatriots shall have enough to eat and to wear, and that all of them shall be educated.

My only 'baggage' is a small bag containing a few shirts and a pair of trousers.

When the peaches ripen, the fish will jump.

Remember, the wind is strongest at the top of the mountain.

Before the revolution, I was a cook. My knowledge of politics was zero.