Juche

    Today the Korean people and the world progressives recall with emotion the immortal exploits performed by President Kim Il Sung celebrating his birthday.

    Leader Kim Jong Il said that all the prominent traits and great image of President Kim Il Sung ranging from his great ideology, theory, extraordinary leadership and his lofty virtue to his noble personality, unassuming character and humble life--this distinguished humane image unprecedented in history moves the world people.

    Exploits achieved by President Kim Il Sung for the humanity is immortal with the greatness of his ideology and theory.

    Vitality of leader’s exploits is decided by the greatness of his ideological and theoretical exploits.

    Leader’s ideology and theory are immediately the significance and revolutionary role by them in shaping the destiny of the humankind.

    With the extraordinary ideological and theoretical wisdom and outstanding ideological and theoretical activities President Kim Il Sung founded the Juche idea and clarified the road of shaping the destiny of the popular masses, thus achieving historic exploits.

    The Juche idea is a man-centred world outlook and the revolutionary and scientific doctrine that illuminates the road for independence of the masses.

    Thanks to the Juche idea a fundamental turn was made in people’s ideological and spiritual life and mode of thinking and the popular masses could have a powerful weapon for shaping their destiny.

    The Juche idea is not only a new and original idea that is fundamentally distinguished from all the preceding ideologies in its character and content, system and component but also a great idea that gives perfect answers to all problems arising in the carrying out of the people’s cause of independence.

    Since it is an idea developed with the popular masses at the centre, the Juche idea is the most scientific and revolutionary idea, the people’s idea with immortal vitality that enables them to cognize and transform the world in conformity with the independent demand of the popular masses and guarantees victory in the people’s cause of independence.

    In the history of human thinking even the ideologies conducive to the development of social history had their historical limitations or were discoloured with the advance of history and withdrawn from the historical arena. However, the Juche idea of President Kim Il Sung is displaying greater vitality as history advances.

    The Juche idea is, indeed, a common treasure of humankind, and accordingly the great ideological and theoretical exploits of having founded the idea and clarified the path for independence will shine with the people’s cause of independence.

    Exploits made by President Kim Il Sung before human history are immortal with the greatness of his leadership.

    Vitality of leader’s exploits is decided by the greatness of his leadership.

    Great idea is turned into great reality by great leadership.

    Greatness of leader’s guidance guarantees his leadership, leadership traits and exploits.

    President Kim Il Sung brought about a glorious victory and epoch-making turn in the people’s cause of independence while leading the independent politics of our era.

    He embodied the Juche idea to open a new era, an era of independence in which the popular masses emerged as masters of history and their destiny.

    It is the great leadership exploits of President Kim Il Sung that he provided the popular masses with the self-awareness of being masters of their destiny and the will to shape their destiny and mobilized them to the struggle for independence, thus building an orbit of history in which the masses make history in conformity with their will and demand.

    With clairvoyant wisdom and outstanding far-sightedness, perfect organizing and mobilizing capability and revolutionary drive, peerless courage and superb strategy, President Kim Il Sung wisely led the most arduous and complicated Korean revolution, thus creating a brilliant model of implementing the people’s cause of independence. It is a big leadership exploits performed by the President before the humankind that he led to victory two revolutionary wars, two stages of social revolution and several stages of social construction to build the Korean-style socialism and advance it towards the road of victory.

    Immortal exploits and rich experiences made by the President in leading the Korean revolution to victory became a powerful driving force in pushing ahead the revolutionary struggle of the progressive people aspiring for independence.

    President Kim Il Sung set forth the global independence as a common task of the world progressives aspiring after independence and wisely led the struggle for its realization.

    Thanks to his wise leadership, the anti-imperialist independent force was rapidly increased and strengthened and dynamic struggle is being conducted for a new world in which the national independence of all countries will be completely realized.

    It is a great contribution made by President Kim Il Sung to the people’s cause of independence.

    His great leadership exploits, which made the 20^th century full of epoch-making turns and moving events, will be immortal along with history.

    Exploits by President Kim Il Sung before human history is immortal since they are inherited generation after generation.

    Revolutionary cause for independence of the popular masses does not end in one generation. It is a protracted cause that continues through generations.

    Realizing an outstanding leader’s exploits through generations is determined by how they are inherited.

    History tells with bloody experiences that an outstanding leader’s exploits can not shine forever and the masses will be deprived of the already-achieved revolutionary gains unless the exploits are defended and inherited, however great and precious they are.

    The exploits which are inherited through generation can be immortal.

    Exploits made by President Kim Il Sung before human history is firmly defended and comprehensively inherited and developed by Kim Jong Il today.

    Kim Jong Il who inherited the idea and leadership, virtue and traits of Kim Il Sung is the outstanding leader who leads the people’s cause of independence in the 21^st century.

    The people’s revolutionary struggle for independence in the 20^th century which was glorified by the august name of President Kim Il Sung is continued also in the 21^st century since we have Kim Jong Il as our leader.

    As the era of independence is immortal, so the exploits performed by President Kim Il Sung before the era and humankind will be immortal along with history.