This country, the Republic of Indonesia, does not belong to any group, nor to any religion, nor to any ethnic group, nor to any group with customs and traditions, but the property of all of us from Sabang to Merauke!

Nationalism cannot flower if it does not grow in the garden of internationalism.

Where Slavery is, there Liberty cannot be; and where Liberty is, there Slavery cannot be.

There is not one state truly alive if it is not as if a cauldron burns and boils in its representative body, and if there is no clash of convictions in it.

Conquer the thousands of man may not be called a winner, but be able to conquer yourself is called a brilliant conqueror!

Learning without thinking is useless, but thinking without learning is very dangerous!

We are living in a world of fear. The life of man today is corroded and made bitter by fear. Fear of the future, fear of the hydrogen bomb, fear of ideologies. Perhaps this fear is a greater danger than the danger itself, because it is fear which drives men to act foolishly, to act thoughtlessly, to act dangerously...