"While there are still imperialist aggressors, the state that has no defense power of its own to protect its sovereignty against the internal and external enemies is, in fact, not a fully independent and sovereign state."

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Source : "On Some Problems of Our Party's Juche Idea and the Government of the Republic's Internal and External Policies". Mainichi Shimbun, September 17, 1972.

Kim Il-sung

#Independent Quotes #Enemy Quotes #Defense Quotes

“Discipline, work. Work, discipline.”
“Lizzie Harris's Stop Wanting is an unflinching book about a girlhood filled with violence, doubt, vulnerability, and loss. These gorgeously crafted and hauntingly memorable poems are a bleak place full of life, prayer, and the kind of answers only poems like these can provide.”
“Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy.”
“And it´s so different for a lot of people I´ve known. One partner doesn´t love the other enough to stop drinking, or gambling, or running around with other women. One is the giver and one is the taker. The giver wishes the taker would stop.”

Source : Alma Katsu (2011). “The Taker”, p.365, Simon and Schuster
“The virtue of pride, which was once the beauty of mankind, has given place to that fount of ugliness, Christian humility.”
“I'm really glad I didn't have kids earlier, because I probably would have ignored them. I was so into my career. I could just go and play a ton of shows, night after night after night. I can't do that anymore.”
“Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn't I?”
“Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful in all the wrong ways. But it doesn't have to be this way. Maybe you don't want to deal with (marching), the permanent marker and poster board. But try something else. Carry someone's groceries. Chat with the custodian in your office building. Donate blood. Live in Rwanda for a year. Write letters to the Department of Buildings. Learn to knit. It is only going to get better from here on out.”

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