To make revolution in Korea we must know Korean history and geography as well as the customs of the Korean people. Only then is it possible to educate our people in a way that suits them and to inspire in them an ardent love for their native place and their motherland.

While there are still imperialist aggressors, the state that has no defense power of its own to protect its sovereignty against the internal and external enemies is, in fact, not a fully independent and sovereign state.

Everything is decided bya person's thoughts and if he is ideologically motivated, there is nothing he cannot do.

The people are the masters of the revolution in each country.

Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace.

We are opposed to the line of compromise with imperialism. At the same time, we cannot tolerate the practice of only shouting against imperialism, but, in actual fact, being afraid to fight it.

The basis of the Juche Idea is that man is the master of all things and the decisive factor in everything.