Sukarno

Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: independence or death!

— Sukarno

“...orang Bali mempunjai kepertjajaan... kalau gunung Agung meletus ini berarti bahwa rakjat telah melakukan maksiat.”

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A thousand of old man are just able to dream, but a young man is able to change the world!

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Don't ever forget the history. It will make and change who we are.

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Learning without thinking is useless, but thinking without learning is very dangerous!

— Sukarno

We liberate our nation's heart inside of Indonesian independence!! Ibn Saud liberated Arabian's heart inside of Saudi Arabian independence one by one!!…

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There is not one state truly alive if it is not as if a cauldron burns and boils in its representative body,…

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Conquer the thousands of man may not be called a winner, but be able to conquer yourself is called a brilliant conqueror!

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Do good to another man, even when they do not do you good; another will certainly do you good. if there is…

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“Jang pertama-tama menjebabkan kolonisasi jalah selamanja kekurangan bekal-hidup dalam tanah-airnja sendiri, begitulah Dietrich Schafer berkata. Kekurangan rezeki, itulah jang mendjadi sebab rakjat-rakjat…

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Revolution is only truly revolution if it is a continuous struggle-not just an external struggle against an enemy, but an inner struggle,…

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Nationalism cannot flower if it does not grow in the garden of internationalism.

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We are living in a world of fear. The life of man today is corroded and made bitter by fear-fear of the…

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“Dalam tahun 1882 Ernest Renan telah membuka pendapatnja tentang faham "bangsa" itu. "Bangsa" itu menurut pudjangga ini ada suatu njawa, suatu azas-akal,…

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Where Slavery is, there Liberty cannot be; and where Liberty is, there Slavery cannot be.

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“Jang mendatangkan pemberontakan-pemberontakan itu biasanja bagian-bagian jang terketjil, dan bagian-bagian jang terketjil sekali.”

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“Bahwa jang menjebabkan kolonisasi itu bukanlah keinginan pada kemasjhuran, bukan keinginan melihat dunia-asing, bukan keinginan merdeka, dan bukan pula oleh karena negeri…

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They, OLDEFO (Old Established Forces), carry out l'exploitation de l'homme par 'homme (the exploitation of man by man). Do not let them…

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I am fascinated by revolution. I am completely absorbed by it. I am crazed, am obsessed by the romanticism... . Revolution surges,…

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If, for example, one day Ki Bagoes Hadikoesoemo becomes the Indonesian Head of State, and dies, won't his child be [his replacement]?…

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It was [the concept of] nationalism that Indonesia was established on. Not the Javanese, not the Sumatran, not the Bornean, Sulawesi, Bali…

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Sometimes people have sympathized with me because long years of my life were spent in jail and in exile. Well, those years…

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Rose never propagandize its fragrant, but its own fragrance spreads through its surrounding.

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Reach your ambition as high as the skies! Dream it as high as the skies! Because if you're fell, you're gonna fall…

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