Precious Spiritual Heritage of Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Forerunners

All the people recollect the precious spiritual heritage of the anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners now when they greet the ９３rd founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army.

The anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners are proud generation who opened up history of the sacred Korean revolution at the cost of their lives and handed down the great ideological and spiritual asset guaranteeing victory of the cause of Juche revolution.

The spirit of devotedly defending the leader is the core of the revolutionary spirit of Paektu, which had been the firm faith and will of the anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters who held President Kim Il Sung in high esteem as the center of unity and leadership in the period of pioneering the Korean revolution.

The anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters are genuine patriots who saved the destiny of the country and the nation by displaying ardent patriotism and fighting mettle of fortitude.

The banner of national independence based on one’s own strength held up by the anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners is the banner of patriotism.

They could indomitably fight against the Japanese imperialists to achieve the historic cause of national liberation by overcoming the worst trials baffling human imagination. This is unthinkable without the revolutionary optimism displayed by them.

"As fish cannot live without water, so guerrillas cannot live without the people." This is the unshakable creed of the anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters.

The precious spiritual heritage guaranteeing the victorious advance of our revolution provided by them under the guidance of President Kim Il Sung is the immortal feats the anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters performed before the times, revolution, the country and people.

The fighting spirit displayed by the anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters serves as ideological and spiritual assets and textbook of genuine life for the rising generations.

Today the precious spiritual heritage left by the anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners serves as motive force accelerating the victorious advance of our motherland and revolution under the wise leadership of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un.

Rodong Sinmun