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 their decision.”

“Love other human beings as you would love yourself.”

“העם הוויאטנמי אוהב בכנות את העצמאות, החופש והשלום. אבל אל מול המתקפה האמריקנית הוא קם מאוחד כאיש אחד.”

“הייתה זו הפטריוטיות, לא הקומוניזם, שהעניקה לי השראה.”

“אני מציית רק למפלגה אחת: למפלגה הוויאטנמית.”

“אין דבר יקר יותר מעצמאות וחירות.”

“אם הטיגריס לא מפסיק להילחם בפיל, הפיל ימות מתשישות.”

“עדיף להקריב הכל מאשר לחיות בעבדות.”

“אתה יכול להרוג עשרה חיילים שלי על כל חייל אחד שלך. אך אפילו בהסתברות כזו - אתה תפסיד ואני אנצח.”

“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.”

“Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.”

“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.”

“When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.”

“I only follow one party: the Vietnamese party.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.”