Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Hồ Chí Minh, Southern Vietnamese pronunciation: ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969; Chữ nôm: 胡志明), born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime ministerand presidentof the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. He was a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People's Army of Vietnamand the Việt Cộngduring the Vietnam War...
NationalityVietnamese
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 May 1890
CityKim Lien, Vietnam
CountryVietnam
Ho Chi Minh quotes about
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.
You will kill ten of us, we will kill one of you, but in the end, you will tire of it first.
I'm very moved to be here today, ... Our lives are now much better, but Vietnam remains a very poor country. We need to work much harder.
The great victory of April 30 represents the triumph of the entire nation, of justice over brutality and of humanity over tyranny.
But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy.
I only follow one party: the Vietnamese Party.
Every house was festooned with flowers and with lanterns. On the national day, the whole country went wild with joy, But on that very day, I was placed in chains and transferred: The wind remains contrary to the flight of the eagle.
Today we should make poems including iron and steel And the poet should know how to lead an attack.
Although our fight will be long and hard, our people are resolved to fight till final victory.
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.
I and others may be revolutionaries but we are disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, directly or indirectly, nothing more nothing less.
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.
Love other human beings as you would love yourself.
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.