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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/while-there-are-still-imperialist-aggressors-the-state-that-has-no/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

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## More by Kim Il-sung

> [Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/otherwise-we-will-not-be-able-to-defeat-the-u-s-imperialists-who/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [My God is none other than the people. Only the popular masses are omniscient and omnipotent and almighty on earth. Therefore my lifetime motto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/my-god-is-none-other-than-the-people-only-the-popular-masses-are/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [It is wrong to try to avoid the struggle against imperialism under the pretext that independence and revolution are important, but that peace is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/it-is-wrong-to-try-to-avoid-the-struggle-against-imperialism-under/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/south-koreans-who-have-seen-and-praised-the-mass-games-should/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [The people are the masters of the revolution in each country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/the-people-are-the-masters-of-the-revolution-in-each-country/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [The most important thing in our war preparations is to teach all our people to hate U.S. imperialism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/the-most-important-thing-in-our-war-preparations-is-to-teach-all-our/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [While there are still imperialist aggressors, the state that has no defense power of its own to protect its sovereignty against the internal and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/while-there-are-still-imperialist-aggressors-the-state-that-has-no/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [The people are the masters of the revolution in each country. It is like putting a cart before the horse that foreigners carry out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/the-people-are-the-masters-of-the-revolution-in-each-country-it-is/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [Everything is decided bya person's thoughts and if he is ideologically motivated, there is nothing he cannot do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/everything-is-decided-bya-person-s-thoughts-and-if-he-is/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [The most important thing in our war preparations is to teach all our people to hate U.S. imperialism. Otherwise, we will not be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/the-most-important-thing-in-our-war-preparations-is-to-teach-all-our-2/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/peace-secured-by-slavish-submission-is-not-peace/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/lenin-lived-lenin-lives-lenin-will-live/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [The basis of the Juche Idea is that man is the master of all things and the decisive factor in everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/the-basis-of-the-juche-idea-is-that-man-is-the-master-of-all-things/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [The peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America have common interest and are in the position to support each other in their anti-imperialist and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/the-peoples-of-asia-africa-and-latin-america-have-common-interest-and/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

> [We are opposed to the line of compromise with imperialism. At the same time, we cannot tolerate the practice of only shouting against imperialism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/we-are-opposed-to-the-line-of-compromise-with-imperialism-at-the-same/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

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