A nation shares blood and history

“If God asked me what was my wish, I would reply unhesitatingly, “Korean independence.”
If he asked me what was my second wish, I would again answer, “My country’s independence.”
If he asked me what was my third wish, I would reply in an even louder voice, “My wish is the complete independence of my country, Korea.”
My fellow brethren. This is my only wish. I have lived seventy years of my life for this wish, am living my life for this wish, and will live my life only to fulfill this wish.

…Recently, some of our brothers have said that they wanted our nation to be a part of a federation of another country. I don’t believe this, and if there is really someone who does, I can only say that he is crazy and has lost his mind.
I’ve studied the ideas of Confucius, Buddha, and Jesus; I respect them as saints, but even if there’s a heaven made by them, it’s not a nation created by our nation, and I will never take our nation there.
It is because, a nation which shared blood and history is clear, and just like my body can’t be another’s, the reason that a certain nation can’t become another is the same as brothers living in the same house. If two gather and become one, one would be higher and the other lower, so it becomes a basic problem that one orders from above, and the other obeys from below.
And so-called leftists deny the motherland of blood, and say this and that about the so-called motherland of ideology, ignoring brothers of blood-ties, and claims the so-called comrade of ideology and international class of proletariat, and speak as if nationalism is outside the truth.
This is foolish thinking. Philosophies change and theories of politics and economics are only a snap, but a nation’s success is everlasting.
…I want our nation to be the most beautiful in the world. By this I do not mean the most powerful nation. Because I have felt the pain of being invaded by another nation, I do not want my nation to invade others. It is sufficient that our wealth makes our lives abundant; it is sufficient that our strength is able to prevent foreign invasions. The only thing that I desire in infinite quantity is the power of a noble culture. This is because the power of culture both makes ourselves happy and gives happiness to others.“

Kim Gu