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" America likes you only if you're on the side she selects. If you don't go along with her totally, you're automatically considered to have entered the Soviet bloc. "

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" It has been the case for some time that I have made myself dizzy thinking about the fact that the implementation of the Three-fold Program of the government, above all in the area of food and clothing, has been experiencing difficulties. "

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" I embrace the PKI because it is a revolutionary force. PKI go forward. PKI never retreat. PKI grow. PKI be strong. Onward. "

" If I used to say that Indonesia would be free when the corn ripens, I can now say that Indonesia will be free before it blossoms. "

" The principle of building an economy without foreign monopoly capital has become a principle which, for us, is no longer subject to amendment. "

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" What, exactly, did Sjahrir do for the Republic? ... His entire underground effort can be summed up by saying that he sat quietly and safely away somewhere listening to a clandestine radio. "

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" I am very unhappy about reports that I was seeking asylum in Manila. "

" We are a fighting nation, continually struggling to overcome diseases from within... and to face up to foreign intervention from without. "

" I myself am sometimes fed up with Hatta's policies. Hatta and I sometimes bug each other, but omitting Hatta from the Proclamation Text... that is the action of a coward! "

" If we truly understand, remember, and love the people of Indonesia, let us accept this principle of social justice, that is, not only political equality, but we must create equality in the economic field, too, which means the best possible well-being. "

" The worst cruelty that can be inflicted on a human being is isolation. "

" If some nation says to us, 'You can have aid, but you have to end confrontation,' then I say, 'Go to hell with your aid.' "

" I would adore to make up with the United States of America... Oh, America, what is the matter with you? Why couldn't you have been my friend? "

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" What America did in Vietnam and the Congo - we feel. And as a result come these demonstrations. I am not defending the act of burning USIS books. We deplore it. But we can understand the motives of the students. "

" Peking welcomed me with tremendous parades and gun salutes. The people with me are proud of me, proud that our downtrodden country has taken its place among the great nations. And now, people of America, I ask you, why didn't Eisenhower accord me the same respect? "

" Crush Malaysia! Indonesia may change its tactics, but our goal will remain the same. "

" If I am not mistaken, it was a British poet who said that 'no one is properly dressed unless he wears a smile.' "

" We must have a blueprint not only for a guided economy but for a social order based on justice and ensuring the well-being of the people. "

" Like David Copperfield, I was born amidst poverty and grew up in poverty. I did not own shoes. I did not bathe in water from a tap. I did no know about forks and spoons. "

" No one shrieked, 'We want Bung Hatta.' I did not need him. Just as also I did not need Sjahrir, who refused to show himself at the time of the reading of the Proclamation. Indeed, I could do it myself, and indeed, I did it alone. "

" Our socialism does not include extreme materialistic concepts, since Indonesia is primarily a God-fearing, God-loving nation. Our socialism is a mixture. We draw political equality from the American Declaration of Independence. We draw spiritual equality from Islam and Christianity. We draw scientific equality from Marx. "

" I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined that our nation, and the world as a whole, shall not be the plaything of one small corner of the world. "

" If Marcos wants to aid Malaysia, that's his business, but we will continue to crush Malaysia, even if we have to fight alone. "

" How terrifically dynamic is our time! We can mobilize all the spiritual, all the moral, all the political strength of Africa and Asia on the side of peace. Yes, we! We, the people of Asia and Africa! "

" Yes, definitely we want to see A or B or C and so forth live safely and soundly. But as mortal creatures, they will disappear in the end. No, we are not struggling above all else for mortal individuals, but rather for the idea of the glorious and powerful nation which sustains the eighty million Indonesians. "

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

" The sophisticates of Java, the traders of Sumatra, the peasants from the outer islands found no common ground. During siesta time from one to five, the Islamic group met separately, the Nationalist group met separately, the Federalist and Unitarians met separately. "

" Let us not be bitter about the past, but let us keep our eyes firmly on the future. "

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" At least Russia and China didn't call us names when we smiled sweetly at America. "

" Am I not peaceful? We want to be free - completely free. Free to be free. We want to be left alone. "