Ho Chi Minh

The tree withers, but the fruit remains.

I am an old man, and I have no family, no children. My only family is the Party, my only child is the revolution.

The French are going to fight us. If they want to, they can. They will lose.

He who has a gun has the right to speak.

The Vietnamese people love peace, freedom, and independence. But if the French continue their aggression, we will fight them until the last man.

A good general does not let his men starve.

The more difficulties, the more glory.

We must learn to walk before we can run.

The most important thing is to have a clear head and a warm heart.

If you want to understand the people, you must live with them.

Unity, unity, great unity. Success, success, great success.

Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.

The Americans are like a big elephant, but we are like a small ant. We will gnaw away at their legs until they fall.

The rain that makes the grass grow does not fall on one field alone.

To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100, cultivate the people.

When you have a revolutionary army, you have everything.

We must be patient, but we must also be determined.

The people are like water, and the army is like fish. If the water is clean, the fish will thrive.

If you want peace, prepare for war.

The path to independence is not a straight one, but a zigzag one.