Quotes by Kim Il

• The liquidation of colonialism is a trend of the times which no force can hold back.
• A man who dreads trials and difficulties cannot become a revolutionary. If he is to become a revolutionary with an indomitable fighting spirit, he must be tempered in the arduous struggle from his youth. As the saying goes, early training means more than late earning.
• Great ideology creates great times.
• National defense is the sacred duty of the young and all other people.
• No faction is better or worse than any other. All come from the same mould; they are all products of capitalist influence in the working class movement. And they are a poison that destroys our Party and the working class movement in Korea.
• Overall relations between the North and the South have developed in favor of national reconciliation, unity and reunification.
• The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought, not through one's family background.
• We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States.