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Nothing is more precious than Independence and Liberty.
To have a good crop we must weed the field, otherwise the rice will grow badly in spite of careful ploughing and abundant manuring.
To Practice Thrift and Oppose Embezzlement (1952)
Remember that the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.
Though frontiers and mountains stand between us, Proletarians of the whole world come together as one family.
The CPSU again demonstrates that the most important aspect of self-criticism is to practically and effectively correct one's errors.
The entire Vietnamese people are determined to mobilize all their physical and mental strength, to sacrifice their lives and property in order to safeguard their independence and liberty.
In practice, the enemy has been making much more propaganda for us than we have ourselves.
Journalists are also revolutionary soldiers. The pen and paper are their sharp weapons.
Democracy means to rely on the masses, correctly follow the mass line. Hence to be successful, the movement against embezzlement, waste and bureaucracy must rely on the masses.
To Practice Thrift and Oppose Embezzlement (1952)
The Trotskyists are not only the enemies of Communism, they are also the enemies of democracy and of progress. They are the most infamous traitors and spies.
Revolutionary morality consists in absolute loyalty to the Party and the people.
On Revolutionary Morality (1958)
Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom... Independence without freedom is worse than no independence.
Only in a socialist system are the interests of the individual, the state and the collective at one. That is why only a socialist constitution can encourage the citizens to fulfill enthusiastically their duties to the society and the fatherland.
The capitalists often boast that their constitutions guarantee the rights of the individual, democratic liberties and the interests of all citizens. But in reality, only the bourgeoisie enjoy the rights recorded in these constitutions. The working people do not really enjoy democratic freedoms; they are exploited all their life and have to bear heavy burdens in the service of the exploiting class.
We want to build a new society, a free society where all men are equal, a society where industry, thrift, integrity and uprightness prevail hence we must wipe out all bad habits of the old society.
To Practice Thrift and Oppose Embezzlement (1952)
A people who have courageously opposed French domination for more than eighty years, a people who have fought side by side with the Allies against the Fascists during these last years, such a people must be free and independent.
The duty of the cadres is to love and take care of every fighter and to value and save every cent, every bowl of rice, every work hour of their compatriots. Our fighters and compatriots have the right to demand that the cadres fulfill this task, and to criticize those who do not.
To Practice Thrift and Oppose Embezzlement (1952)
Obviously, Lenin meant that the stage of fierce civil war and the restriction of democracy imposed on the Soviet people were only provisional and had to be abolished as soon as the new regime was consolidated.
All my life, I have served the fatherland, the revolution and the people with all my heart and strength. If I should now depart from this world, I would have nothing to regret, except not being able to serve longer and more.
Testament (1969)
Our cause is just our people are united from North to South; we have a tradition of undaunted struggle and the great sympathy and support of the fraternal socialist countries and progressive people all over the world. We shall win!
Appeal to Compatriots (1966)