Sukarno
Sukarno
Sukarno was the first President of Indonesia, serving in office from 1945 to 1967...
NationalityIndonesian
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth6 June 1901
CountryIndonesia
bitter firmly future
Let us not be bitter about the past, but let us keep our eyes firmly on the future.
drink exciting family feet fighters freedom hour patriotism sit stories tales television west wild
I was weaned not on television or Wild West sagas but on stories of nationalism and patriotism. I would sit at my mother's feet by the hour and drink in these exciting tales of the freedom fighters in our family.
reports
I am very unhappy about reports that I was seeking asylum in Manila.
parenting thinking useless
Learning without thinking is useless, but thinking without learning is very dangerous!
flower garden justice
Nationalism cannot flower if it does not grow in the garden of internationalism.
who-we-are forget
Don't ever forget the history. It will make and change who we are.
determination independence spirit
Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: independence or death!
justice liberty slavery
Where Slavery is, there Liberty cannot be; and where Liberty is, there Slavery cannot be.
justice alive body
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.