Quotes from Ho Chi Minh

After the rain, good weather. In the wink of an eye, the universe throws off its muddy clothes.

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.

It may take three years, it may take five, it may take ten, but that will be the war of Indo-china.

We are convinced that the Allied nations which ... have acknowledged the principles of self-determination and equality of nations, will not refuse to acknowledge the independence of Vietnam.

Freedom for my people, independence for my country, this is all I want, all what I understand.

I only follow one party: the Vietnamese party.

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.