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Kim Jong Il's Aphorism on National Unity

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, August 7 (KCNA) -- An aphorism of General Secretary Kim Jong Il gives the wisest answer to the Korean people, who have been forced to live in a divided land for over 60 years, about what true patriotism is for them and what they should do for the nation.
    "A man who seeks great national unity is a patriot and a man standing in its way is a traitor."
    It is a highly important guideline inducing all the Koreans to turn out as one man in the efforts for the country's reunification, the matter of concern common to the nation, irrespective of differences in idea, ideology, political view, religious belief and class and stratum.
    Today when the reunification of the country stands out as the supreme task of the nation, true patriotism for the Koreans is to devote one's all to the achievement of great national unity. This is the truth indicated by the aphorism.
    The Koreans have lived in the same land through generations, the same blood running through their veins. They are a resourceful and proud homogeneous nation which has created and cultivated excellent culture by its own efforts.
    The sovereignty of this nation has been trampled upon and the whole nation is subjected to immeasurable misfortunes and sufferings, with the territory bisected into the north and the south by outside forces in mid-20th century.
    The U.S. imperialists and their followers who never want to see Korea reunified are making desperate efforts to scuttle inter-Korean reconciliation and cooperation and driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of war in order to gratify their aggressive and divisive desire.
    Whoever holds the dignity and soul of the Korean nation dear should turn out in the cause of great national unity for an early achievement of the country's reunification under the grim situation today.
    Whether one goes toward national unity or obstructs it is for the members of the nation a criterion of reunification and division, patriotism and treachery.
    The aphorism of Kim Jong Il is, indeed, an immortal maxim deeply engraving the truth of patriotism for reunification in the minds of the members of the nation and rousing them in the cause of great unity.