Quotes by Ho Chi Minh

About Ho Chi Minh:

H? Chí Minh was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–55) and president (1945–69) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North 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 Vietnam (PAVN) and the Vi?t C?ng (NLF or VC) during the Vietnam War.
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When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.

Ho Chi Minh

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.

Ho Chi Minh

I only follow one party: the Vietnamese party.

Ho Chi Minh

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.

Ho Chi Minh

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

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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

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

Ho Chi Minh

Love other human beings as you would love yourself.

Ho Chi Minh

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 the...

Ho Chi Minh

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

You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win.

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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.

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It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.

Ho Chi Minh

Author Bio

  • NameHo Chi Minh
  • DescriptionChairman of the Workers Party of Vietnam
  • AliasesNguy?n Sinh Côn; Nguy?n Sinh Cung; Nguy?n T?t Thành; Nguyen That Thanh; Nguy?n Ái Qu?c; H? Chí Minh
  • BornMay 19, 1890
  • DiedSeptember 3, 1969
  • CountryVietnam
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Politician
  • AwardsOrder Of Lenin