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Quotes by North-korean Authors

"A man who dreads trials and difficulties cannot become a revolutionary. If he is to become a revolutionary with an indomitable fighting spirit, he must be tempered in the arduous struggle from his youth. As the saying goes, early training means more than late earning."


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


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"We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States."


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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."


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"No faction is better or worse than any other. All come from the same mould; they are all products of capitalist influence in the working class movement. And they are a poison that destroys our Party and the working class movement in Korea."


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"The liquidation of colonialism is a trend of the times which no force can hold back."


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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."


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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."


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"The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought, not through one's family background."


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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."


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"The most important thing in our war preparations is to teach all our people to hate U.S. imperialism."


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"National defense is the sacred duty of the young and all other people."


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"Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority."


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"Overall relations between the North and the South have developed in favor of national reconciliation, unity and reunification."


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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."


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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."


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