Achmad Sukarno

Achmad Sukarno (1902-1970) was an Indonesian politician. He was involved in independence movement of the country and eventually became the first president of Indonesian Republic in 1945.

Wisdom & Quotes

• 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.

• 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.

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

Sometimes people have sympathised with me because long years of my life were spent in jail and in exile. Well, those years... were a mixed experience. I hated them because they separated me from the dearest thing in the world - the struggle of my people for rebirth. At the same time, they were a blessing because I had what is so rare in this world - the opportunity of thinking about basic issues, the opportunity of examining afresh the beliefs I held.

• I am fascinated by revolution. I am completely absorbed by it.

I am crazed, am obsessed by the romanticism. ... Revolution surges, flashes, thunders in almost every corner of the earth. ... Brothers and sisters, keep fanning the flames of the leaping fire. ... Let us become logs to feed the flames of revolution.

• Revolution is only truly revolution if it is a continuous struggle - not just an external struggle against an enemy, but an inner struggle, fighting and subduing all negative aspects which hinder or do damage to the course of the revolution. In this light, revolution is... a mighty symphony of victory over the enemy and over oneself.

Xavier Villaurrutia

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