Quotes by President Ho Chi Minh about the Party and Party members

President Ho Chi Minh delivered many speeches and wrote articles containing profound and enduring values about the Party, its role and responsibilities, and the role of each Party member before the people, the Fatherland, and the nation.

From January 6th to February 7th, 1930, the conference to unify communist organizations and establish the Communist Party of Vietnam was held on the Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong (China), under the chairmanship of Comrade Nguyen Ai Quoc, representing the Communist International. (Photo: Archival image/VNA)

Throughout his revolutionary career, President Ho Chi Minh consistently focused on building a clean and strong Communist Party of Vietnam.

He has given many speeches and written articles about the Party, its role and responsibilities, and the role of each Party member before the people, the Fatherland, and the nation; these contain profound and enduring values that continue to guide current Party building work.

Below are some quotes from President Ho Chi Minh about the Party and its members:

- "Our Party is a ruling party. Every Party member and cadre must truly internalize revolutionary ethics, truly practice thrift, integrity, honesty, and selflessness. We must keep our Party truly clean and worthy of being a leader and a truly loyal servant of the people."

"The Party is not a place for promotion, advancement, or wealth accumulation. Joining the Party is about serving the people and the class; Party members must become dutiful children of the Fatherland and the class."

"OUR COUNTRY IS A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY."
All benefits are for the people.

All power belongs to the people.

The work of innovation and construction is the responsibility of the people.

The cause of resistance and nation-building is the work of the people.

Governments from the commune level to the central government are elected by the people.

Organizations from the central level down to the commune level are organized by the people.

In short, power and authority reside with the people.

- "With all the humility of a revolutionary, we still have the right to say: Our Party is truly great!"

"Unity is an extremely precious tradition of our Party and our people. Comrades from the Central Committee to the Party branches must safeguard the unity and solidarity of the Party as carefully as they safeguard the pupil of their eye."

The Second National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam was held in the Viet Bac War Zone (February 1951). (Photo: VNA archives)

- "Although our Party has many members, when we advance, we act as one."

- "The strength of the Party lies in its unity and solidarity. Every cadre and Party member must enhance their organizational awareness and discipline, strictly adhere to the Party's guidelines and policies, and respect the Party's organizational and operational principles."

- "Our Party has achieved many successes, but it also has many shortcomings. We need to honestly criticize ourselves in order to correct them. We must strive to correct them in order to progress."

"We must regularly engage in serious criticism and honest self-criticism to help each other correct shortcomings, develop strengths, and progress together. In revolution, there are right and wrong. Of course, right must be primary, wrong is secondary. When there are mistakes, we must help each other resolutely correct them and enthusiastically move forward together."

- "The Party branch is the root of the Party among the masses. If the Party branch is good, all Party policies will be implemented well, and all work will progress continuously. Conversely, if the Party branch is weak, the work will not go smoothly."

- "... Officials are the foundation of all work."

- "The success or failure of any undertaking depends on whether the staff are good or bad."

- "In front of the masses, we don't just write the word 'communist' on our foreheads to gain their affection."

The masses only respect those with good character and morality. To guide the people, we must set an example for them to follow. Many of our comrades have done this, but there are still some who are corrupt. The Party has the responsibility to cleanse those comrades."

- "Revolutionary ethics means integrating with the masses as one, trusting the masses, understanding the masses, and listening to the opinions of the masses."

- "Apart from the interests of the nation and the Fatherland, the Party has no other interests. Therefore, the Party must strive to organize the people, lead the people to liberate them, and improve their living standards, culture, and political life."

- "The Party is the vanguard of the class and the nation. To fulfill the tasks of resistance and national construction, the Party must be strong, and the entire Party must be united in thought and action. Therefore, rectifying the Party is the main task and must be given special attention..."

President Ho Chi Minh's speeches and writings on the Party and revolutionary ethics have been inherited and creatively applied by our Party in building and protecting the Party's ideological foundation in the current period.

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