“I have not made any mistakes. The path I'm on is absolutely right, there are just some things I could have done better to contribute to the common work.”

— Nguyễn Thị Bình

"BBC phỏng vấn bà Nguyễn Thị Bình" https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/av/2009/03/090301_inv_nguyen_thi_binh_tc2 (1 March 2009)

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