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

"The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom, and peace. But in the face of United States aggression, they have risen up, united as one man."

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

"We have driven the French out, and now we will drive the Americans out."

"Material possession will end when a person's life ends. Good or bad reputation, however, will be told for thousands of generations."