9 Quotes & Sayings By Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese revolutionary, politician and the founder of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. He was a Marxist-Leninist and served as the leader of North Vietnam. He was also the president of the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam, the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, and the government in exile during the Vietnam War. During World War II he spent over 20 years in prison camps in China, specifically in Yenan, where he developed his theories about guerrilla warfare Read more

Upon his return to Vietnam in 1947, he formed a guerrilla army called the Viet Minh. He led this army in a successful war against France, resulting in independence for North Vietnam. The Communist Party later made him its general secretary, heading its military organization.

He was chairman of the Democratic Republic's National Defense Council. At that time he declared an end to French rule in North Vietnam and established diplomatic relations with other socialist countries. He was one of the foremost revolutionaries of his age, and remains one of the world's most widely admired political leaders.

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Love other human beings as you would love yourself. Ho Chi Minh
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Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability. Ho Chi Minh
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Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty. Ho Chi Minh
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The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man. Ho Chi Minh
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Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children. Ho Chi Minh
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The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship, ... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision. Ho Chi Minh
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It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me. Ho Chi Minh
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You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it. Ho Chi Minh