Circles Quote by Wilfred Burchett
“France turned a deaf ear to the demands, but Ho had succeeded in attracting great publicity in progressive French circles to the situation in Indochina.”
“France turned a deaf ear to the demands, but Ho had succeeded in attracting great publicity in progressive French circles to the situation in Indochina.”
![“From the outset, when [Ho Chi Minh] became a member of the French Communist Party in 1920, he was an independent thinker who adjusted Marxist-Leninist ideas and tactics to what he perceived to be the concrete situation in Indochina.” quote by William J. Duiker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4d3/william-j-duiker-21821_communist_from-the-outset-when-ho-chi-minh-became_391245.jpg)
![“On many occasions in the late 1950s and 1960s, [Ho Chi Minh's] ideas were apparently ignored by those who felt that his approach was too naive and prone to compromise. The outbreak of open warfare with the French and later with the United States was in effect a sign of the failure of Ho Chi Minh…” quote by William J. Duiker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6be/william-j-duiker-21821_1960s_on-many-occasions-in-the-late-1950s-and_865835.jpg)
![“Ho Chi Minh sought to defeat both adversaries [French and American] primarily by using diplomatic and political means, combined with paramilitary activities.” quote by William J. Duiker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e88/william-j-duiker-21821_activity_ho-chi-minh-sought-to-defeat-both-advers_2051242.jpg)
![“[Ho Chi Minh] was always conscious that conditions in China and Vietnam were not always the same. He "kowtowed" to the Chinese - as he had to the Soviet Union - in order to receive their assistance, but he quietly worked to limit those forms of influence of which he did not approve (such as the…” quote by William J. Duiker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4c8/william-j-duiker-21821_advice_ho-chi-minh-was-always-conscious-that-co_2997107.jpg)
![“Tell them you came, and saw, and looked into my eyes and saw the shadow of the guard receding. Thoughts in time and out of season, the hitchinker stood by the side of the road and levelled his thumb in the calm calculus of reason. [...] Why does my mind circle around you? Why do planets wonder…” quote by Jim Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ae/jim-morrison-1692_bird_tell-them-you-came-and-saw-and-looked-in_18280.jpg)