Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.
The great victory of April 30 represents the triumph of the entire nation, of justice over brutality and of humanity over tyranny.
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.
I only follow one party: the Vietnamese party.
Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.
My Duty is like that of a helmsman who must steer safely the boat - the Fatherland - through storms and take people to the shores of happiness.
You can kill ten of my men for every one I kill of yours, but even at those odds, you will lose and I will win.
You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it.
Love other human beings as you would love yourself.
When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.
The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don`t want to do that and that`s their decision.
Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children.
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`ve never heard of any president being so close to his people.
You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win.
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.
It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.