Kim Jong Il Quotes

"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."
- Kim Jong Il
(Related: Difficulties, Fighting, Man, Saying, Spirit, Struggle, Training, Trials, Youth)

"Great ideology creates great times."
- Kim Jong Il
(Related: Ideology)

"National defense is the sacred duty of the young and all other people."
- Kim Jong Il
(Related: People, Defense, Duty)

"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."
- Kim Jong Il
(Related: Class, Influence, Party, Poison)

"Overall relations between the North and the South have developed in favor of national reconciliation, unity and reunification."
- Kim Jong Il
(Related: Unity)

"The revolution is carried out by means of one's thought, not through one's family background."
- Kim Jong Il
(Related: Family, Thought, Revolution)

"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."
- Kim Jong Il
(Related: Government, People, American, Friends, states, United, Want)