Kim Young-sam

Kim Young-sam (Korean: 김영삼; 20 December 1927 – 22 November 2015) was the president of South Korea from February 1993 to February 1998.

Quotes

 * Dawn will come even if the rooster is strangled.
 * As quoted in "Kim Young-sam: Former President of South Korea Dies at 87" (November 2015), by Sang-Hun Choe, The New York Times (22 November 2015), New York


 * No ally is better than one’s own race.
 * As quoted in "What the West gets wrong about North Korea’s motives, and why some South Koreans admire the North" (8 September 2017), The Conversation


 * Looking back... I think the North Koreans think they can say whatever they want because no matter what they do, the Americans will never attack them.
 * Interview (2009)

Quotes about Kim

 * LKP carries on the tradition of President Kim Young Sam (1993-98). Like him it has no firm political principles.
 * Brian Reynolds Myers, "South Korea’s Nationalist-Left Front" (7 April 2019), Sthele Press