40 Quotes Soekarno sebagai Pesan Kebangsaan dan Nasionalisme di HUT ke-80 RI

31. This country, the Republic of Indonesia, does not belong to any group, nor to any religion, nor to any ethnic group, nor to any group with customs and traditions, but the property of all of us from Sabang to Merauke!

(Speech in Surabaya, September 24, 1955)

32. They, OLDEFO (Old Established Forces), do l’exploitation de l’homme par ‘homme (the exploitation of man by man)!! Don’t let them live!! So that there’s no colonialism anymore in the world!!

(Speech in front of Indonesian people at Indonesian Independence Day August 17, 1965. OLDEFO stands for Old Established Order, it’s a term from him who refers to West Block in Cold War (1945-1992). Sometimes, he called them as Nekolim (Neo-Imperialism and Colonialism) such as USA, UK, NATO, and so on. The opposite of OLDEFO is NEFO)

33. Conquer the thousands of man may not be called a winner, but be able to conquer yourself is called a brilliant conqueror!

(Speech at Independence Day August 17, 1961 “Djarek (Djalannja Revolusi Kita) Bagaikan Malaikat Turun Dari Langit”)

34. Learning without thinking is useless, but thinking without learning is very dangerous!

(Speech at Independence Day August 17, 1961 “Djarek (Djalannja Revolusi Kita) Bagaikan Malaikat Turun Dari Langit”)

35. Do good to another man, even tho they don’t do good to you, you certainly will also get goodness from another man! if a shame and fear is still there in on one’s heart to do goodness, then the guarantee to him is there’s no one progress at all!

(Speech at Independence Day August 17, 1961 “Djarek (Djalannja Revolusi Kita) Bagaikan Malaikat Turun Dari Langit”)

36. A thousand of old man are just able to dream, but a young man is able to change the world!

(From a book of his own work when he was imprisoned by Dutch-East Indies Government, “Indonesia Menggugat!” (Indonesians Accuse!))

37. We liberate our nation’s heart inside of Indonesian independence!! Ibn Saud liberated Arabian’s heart inside of Saudi Arabian independence one by one!! Stalin liberated Soviet-Russian’s heart inside of Soviet one by one!!

(Speech to the Preparatory Investigative Body for the Effort of Indonesian Independence, June 1, 1945)

38. Rose never propagandize its fragrant, but its own fragrance spreads surrounding. 

(He said it when he was pinning a “bintang sakti” (magical star) honors to 2 army officers, that’s Major Benny Moerdani from RPKAD and Major Untung bin Sjamsuri from Banteng Raiders)

39. Don’t ever forget the history! (Speech at Independence Day August 17, 1961)

40. The defense of the revolution is the defense of the people.

(Tribunews.com/Garudea Prabawati)