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Kim Jong-un
8 quotes
“I hear from higher up that China seems to be succeeding on many fronts – engineering, commerce, hotels, agriculture - everything. In many ways, don’t we need to take them as a model example for us?”
Kim Jong-un (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is the party’s steadfast determination to ensure that the people will never have to tighten their belt again.”
Kim Jong-un (born 1984) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: April 15th 2012 speech in Kim Il-Sung Square,
“Yesterday, we were a weak and small country trampled upon by big powers. Today, our geopolitical location remains the same, but we are transformed into a proud political and military power and an independent people that no one can dare provoke. The days are gone forever when our enemies could blackmail us with nuclear bombs.”
Kim Jong-un (born 1984) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: April 15th 2012 speech in Kim Il-Sung Square,
“The effort to develop the economy and improve the people’s standard of living can be successful only when it is backed by powerful military capabilities, nuclear forces. In the spirit with which we conquered outer space and with the mettle with which we succeeded in the nuclear test of a high level, we must push ahead simultaneously with the campaign to defend the country and the construction of an economic giant, and thus achieve the happiness of the people and the prosperity of the powerful Paektusan nation without fail.”
Kim Jong-un (born 1984) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Report to the March 2013 Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, announcing the byungjin (dual advancement) policy line
“In no way would the United States dare to ignite a war against me and our country. The whole of its mainland is within the range of our nuclear strike and the nuclear button is on my office desk all the time; the United States needs to be clearly aware that this is not merely a threat but a reality.”
Kim Jong-un (born 1984) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New Year 2018 address
“I know the Americans are inherently disposed against us, but when they talk with us, they will see that I am not the kind of person who would shoot nuclear weapons to the south, over the Pacific or at the United States.”
Kim Jong-un (born 1984) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said to Moon Jae-in during the April 2018 inter-Korean summit according to a South Korean government spokesman, as quoted in Slate
“Only when one is equipped with the formidable striking capabilities, overwhelming military power that cannot be stopped by anyone, one can prevent a war, guarantee the security of the country and contain and put under control all threats and blackmails by the imperialists.”
Kim Jong-un (born 1984) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Kim Jong Un Defends Nuclear Tests, Says 'powerful Weapons' Help Mitigate Threats" in Republic World (28 March 2022)
“President Donald Trump's remarks which described the U.S. option through straightforward expression of his will have convinced me, rather than frightening or stopping me, that the path I chose is correct and that it is the one I have to follow to the last. [...] Action is the best option in treating the dotard who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he wants to say. [...] I am now thinking hard about what response he could have expected when he allowed such eccentric words to trip off his tongue. Whatever Trump might have expected, he will face results beyond his expectation. I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.”
Kim Jong-un (born 1984) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Official statement from September 22, 2017, as quoted in Washington Post