The Philosopher
Ho Chi Minh
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- Vietnamese
- Branchs:
- Communism, Marxism–Leninism, Nationalism
- Period:
- 20th century
The synopsis
Hồ Chí Minh was born Nguyễn Sinh Cung on May 19, 1890, in Kim Liên village, French Indochina. He was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman who served as Prime Minister (1945–55) and President (1946–69) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He was a key figure in the establishment of the Indochinese Communist Party and later led the Workers' Party of Vietnam. Before returning to Vietnam in 1941, he lived and worked in various countries, including France, where he was a founding member of the French Communist Party. He also spent time in the Soviet Union and China, organizing revolutionary youth leagues. Upon his return to Vietnam, he led the Việt Minh independence movement against Japanese occupation and proclaimed Vietnamese independence in 1945. He led the country through the First Indochina War against France and the Vietnam War against South Vietnam and its allies. He died of heart failure in Hanoi on September 2, 1969. His legacy is complex, with him being revered in Vietnam as a national hero and a symbol of reunification.
The works
The Path Which Led Me To Leninism
The Black Race
Revolution
Poems from the Prison Diary
The quotes
It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.
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.
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.
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.
Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.
Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.
When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.
I only follow one party: the Vietnamese party.
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.
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.
Love other human beings as you would love yourself.