If we are weak, our country will be in jeopardy. It is the living lesson of human history of the rise and fall of nations. In order for a country not to fall, it must cultivate its own strength.

— Park Chung-hee Toward Peaceful Unification: Selected Speeches & Interviews (1978)

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