Kim Il-sung Quotes

• The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history.

  Kim Il-sung

  Struggle, Simple, Evil

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The most important thing in our war preparations is to teach all our people to hate U.S. imperialism. Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority.

  Kim Il-sung

  Hate, War, People

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• My God is none other than the people. Only the popular masses are omniscient and omnipotent and almighty on earth. Therefore my lifetime motto is: "The people are my God."

  Kim Il-sung

  People, Earth, Lifetime

  Comment to Cheondoist independence activist Kim In Jin in 1936. "With the Century". Book by Kim Il-sung, 1992.

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• Everything is decided bya person's thoughts and if he is ideologically motivated, there is nothing he cannot do.

  Kim Il-sung

  Motivated, Persons, Decided

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• Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace.

  Kim Il-sung

  Peace, Submission, Secured

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The people are the masters of the revolution in each country.

  Kim Il-sung

  Country, People, Revolution

  "Kim Il Sung, Master of Leadership". Book by Takagi Takeo, 1976.

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• To make revolution in Korea we must know Korean history and geography as well as the customs of the Korean people. Only then is it possible to educate our people in a way that suits them and to inspire in them an ardent love for their native place and their motherland.

  Kim Il-sung

  Korea, People, Inspire

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• The basis of the Juche Idea is that man is the master of all things and the decisive factor in everything.

  Kim Il-sung

  Men, Ideas, Masters

  "On Juche in Our Revolution". Book by Kim Il-sung, Volume 2, 1977.

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• While there are still imperialist aggressors, the state that has no defense power of its own to protect its sovereignty against the internal and external enemies is, in fact, not a fully independent and sovereign state.

  Kim Il-sung

  Independent, Enemy, Sovereign

  "On Some Problems of Our Party's Juche Idea and the Government of the Republic's Internal and External Policies". Mainichi Shimbun, September 17, 1972.

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• Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live.

  Kim Il-sung

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Kim Il-sung

  Country, Giving Up, Illusion

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• In a nutshell, the idea of Juche means that the masters of the revolution and the work of construction are the masses of the people and that they are also the motive force of the revolution and the work of construction. In other words, one is responsible for one's own destiny and one has also the capacity for hewing out one's own destiny.

  Kim Il-sung

  Mean, Destiny, Ideas

  "On Some Problems of Our Party's Juche Idea and the Government of the Republic's Internal and External Policies". Mainichi Shimbun, September 17, 1972.

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• 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.

  Kim Il-sung

  Fighting, Practice, Facts

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America have common interest and are in the position to support each other in their anti-imperialist and anti-U.S. struggle. As long as Africa and Latin America are not free.

  Kim Il-sung

  Latin, Struggle, America

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The people are the masters of the revolution in each country. It is like putting a cart before the horse that foreigners carry out the revolution for them. The revolution can neither be exported nor imported.

  Kim Il-sung

  Country, Horse, People

  "Kim Il Sung, Master of Leadership". Book by Takagi Takeo, 1976.

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• It is wrong to try to avoid the struggle against imperialism under the pretext that independence and revolution are important, but that peace is still more precious.

  Kim Il-sung

  Peace, Struggle, Independence

  Biography/Pesonal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and orders to repeat and repeat. When the children return home in the evening, they can hardly walk.

  Kim Il-sung

  Teacher, Children, Home

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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