“Revolutionary morality does not fall from the sky. It is developed and consolidated through persevering daily struggle and effort. Like jade, the more it is polished the more it shines. Like gold, it grows ever purer as it foes into the melting pot.”

—  Ho Chi Minh

"On Revolutionary Morality" (1958)
1950's, On Revolutionary Morality (1958)

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Vietnamese communist leader and first president of Vietnam 1890–1969

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