"Since the end of the last war, when Asia broke her chains, the conscience of the world has at last awakened to a prof…"

"The Asian people – long humiliated in their national aspirations, their human dignity injured – are no longer, as in …"

"We affirm that the sole legitimate object of the state is to protect the fundamental rights of human beings to existe…"

"We affirm that democracy is neither material happiness nor the supremacy of numbers. Democracy is essentially a perma…"

"The Republic of Vietnam, the youngest republic in Asia, soon will be two years old. Our Republic was born among great…"

"It is a fundamental truth that laws do not cover all the aspects of life, and a Constitution does not create a democr…"

"Now for more than a century, abnormal political conditions have corrupted the sense of civic responsibility in many a…"

"In fact, if the sense of civic duty derives its supreme justification from the ethical principles of the respect for …"

"Even in a healthy environment, the sense of civic responsibility must further be nourished by a careful education of …"

"Thousands of our people would have sacrificed their lives for nothing if, in independence, we do not attain the unity…"