Sukarno

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Kusno Sosrodihardjo, known as Sukarno (also spelled Soekarno) (June 6, 1901 – June 21, 1970) was an Indonesian nationalist and orator who later became the founding President (1945-1967) of the Republic of Indonesia.

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• Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: "independence or death"!
  • Speech to the Preparatory Investigative Body for the Effort of Indonesian Independence, July 1, 1945

• It was nationalism that Indonesia was established! Not the Javanese nationality, not the Sumatran nationality, not the Bornean nationality, Sulawesi, Bali or other, but the Indonesian nationality, that together became the foundation of one nationale staat (nation-state).
  • Speech to the Preparatory Investigative Body for the Effort of Indonesian Independence, July 1, 1945

• If, for example, one day Ki Bagoes Hadikoesoemo became the Indonesian Head of State, and dies, won't his child be (his replacement)? Then because of that I do not adhere to the principle of monarchism.
  • Speech to the Preparatory Investigative Body for the Effort of Indonesian Independence, July 1, 1945.

• This country, the Republic of Indonesia, does not belong to any group, nor to any religion, nor to any ethnic group, nor to any group with customs and traditions, but the property of all of us from Sabang to Merauke!
  • Speech in Surabaya, September 24, 1955

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