A poet must learn to wage war.

If you do not condemn colonialism, if you do not side with the colonial people, what kind of revolution are you waging?

The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision.

Remember that the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.

Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children.

To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100, cultivate the people.

It is better to sacrifice everything than to live in slavery!