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Precious Revolutionary Legacies to Be Inherited through GenerationsPresident Kim Il Sung, who embarked on the road of revolution at his early age and devoted his all to the country and people, made immortal epochal achievements and handed them down to our people as precious revolutionary legacies. Each one of them has eternal vitality in the struggle for global independence as well as the struggle for carving out the people’s destiny.What occupies the most brilliant position in the revolutionary legacies bequeathed by the President is the immortal Juche idea.Penetrating deep into the requirements of a new era when the popular masses, who had been suffering oppression and maltreatment, emerged as masters of their destiny, the President founded the immortal Juche idea, an original revolutionary ideology never to be found in the history of ideology, thereby developing the revolutionary ideology of the working class onto a new higher stage and pioneering the new road for carrying out the independent cause.Under the banner of the Juche idea, our people could successfully achieve national and class liberation free from the pain caused by flunkeyism and dogmatism and cover the road of socialist construction triumphantly, and thus built a socialist paradise centred on the popular masses, an invincible socialist state of dignity independent in politics, self-sufficient in the economy and self-reliant in national defence.It is the review of our long-standing revolutionary history and our people’s immutable faith that we are sure to emerge victorious when we follow the road indicated by the Juche idea.The President founded the Workers’ Party of Korea and developed it into the ever-victorious strong Party to provide a guarantee for eternal victory of our revolution.Thanks to the solid foundations for party founding created by the President in the days of the anti-Japanese war and his energetic leadership, our Party could be founded in time despite the complicated situation after the national liberation. To have thoroughly embodied the Juche-based idea and theory of party building in party building and activities and have strengthened and developed ours into a powerful political general staff of revolution and an invincible party—this is the very significant achievement of the President.What takes up an important position in the President’s revolutionary legacies is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a genuine people’s country.The President, who had created the prototype of people’s government and had provided the traditions of building an independent government in the days of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, founded the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, an independent sovereign state representative of the interests of all the Korean people, after liberation and consolidated and developed our people’s government without interruption.Under his guidance, our people could fully exercise the rights of masters of government through the Supreme People’s Assembly and local people’s assemblies at all levels and a climate of firmly defending the interests of the people, serving them in the true sense of the word and working in reliance on them was thoroughly established within people’s power organs.Once, Chairman Kim Jong Il recollected the exploits performed by the President in building up the self-reliant defence capabilities and taught meaningfully that the undying revolutionary exploits the President performed in consolidating national defence capabilities are the greatest of all his exploits and that the invincible revolutionary armed forces and solid national defence industry are the most important of all the legacies bequeathed by the President.Without powerful military muscle, the existence and development of a revolutionary party, government and socialist system are unthinkable, and that’s why powerful defence capabilities constitute the most precious wealth.The President founded the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army in the days of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle and achieved national liberation and developed it into regular revolutionary armed forces without delay after liberation to found a regular army becoming to a sovereign state.Thanks to his immortal exploits of fortifying the politico-ideological and military and technological might of the People’s Army, the core of our defence capabilities, and of founding an independent defence industry at the same time, our country could repel the military aggression by the imperialist allied forces to conclude the Fatherland Liberation War triumphantly and could win victory after victory, definitely overpowering the U.S. imperialists in the protracted confrontation with them, and dynamically push ahead with the socialist construction.The President established our-style socialist system centred on the popular masses, the most advantageous one in the world, and consolidated and developed it.He put forth the Juche-based socialist ideology and theory that socialism of our style is socialism in which the popular masses are the masters of everything and everything serves the popular masses.It is him who set it as the socialist policy for the Party and state to take responsibility for and provide everything ranging from foods, clothes and houses for the people to their education and healthcare.As the President provided a firm foundation for self-supporting national economy, the material basis of our-style socialism, our people could push ahead with the socialist construction and the struggle to protect and add luster to the socialist system even in the face of the imperialists’ sanctions and blockade of all kinds.Our-style socialism centred on the popular masses, a precious legacy of the President, has clearly demonstrated its own superiority and invincibility to the whole world and, today, it distinguishes itself as an eternal cradle of the people where their happiness is brought into full bloom under the leadership of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un.Rodong Sinmun Precious Revolutionary Legacies to Be Inherited through Generations President Kim Il Sung, who embarked on the road of revolution at his early age and devoted his all to the country and people, made immortal epochal achievements and handed them down to our people as precious revolutionary legacies. Each one of them has eternal vitality in the struggle for global independence as well as the struggle for carving out the people’s destiny. What occupies the most brilliant position in the revolutionary legacies bequeathed by the President is the immortal Juche idea. Penetrating deep into the requirements of a new era when the popular masses, who had been suffering oppression and maltreatment, emerged as masters of their destiny, the President founded the immortal Juche idea, an original revolutionary ideology never to be found in the history of ideology, thereby developing the revolutionary ideology of the working class onto a new higher stage and pioneering the new road for carrying out the independent cause. Under the banner of the Juche idea, our people could successfully achieve national and class liberation free from the pain caused by flunkeyism and dogmatism and cover the road of socialist construction triumphantly, and thus built a socialist paradise centred on the popular masses, an invincible socialist state of dignity independent in politics, self-sufficient in the economy and self-reliant in national defence. It is the review of our long-standing revolutionary history and our people’s immutable faith that we are sure to emerge victorious when we follow the road indicated by the Juche idea. The President founded the Workers’ Party of Korea and developed it into the ever-victorious strong Party to provide a guarantee for eternal victory of our revolution. Thanks to the solid foundations for party founding created by the President in the days of the anti-Japanese war and his energetic leadership, our Party could be founded in time despite the complicated situation after the national liberation. To have thoroughly embodied the Juche-based idea and theory of party building in party building and activities and have strengthened and developed ours into a powerful political general staff of revolution and an invincible party—this is the very significant achievement of the President. What takes up an important position in the President’s revolutionary legacies is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a genuine people’s country. The President, who had created the prototype of people’s government and had provided the traditions of building an independent government in the days of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, founded the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, an independent sovereign state representative of the interests of all the Korean people, after liberation and consolidated and developed our people’s government without interruption. Under his guidance, our people could fully exercise the rights of masters of government through the Supreme People’s Assembly and local people’s assemblies at all levels and a climate of firmly defending the interests of the people, serving them in the true sense of the word and working in reliance on them was thoroughly established within people’s power organs. Once, Chairman Kim Jong Il recollected the exploits performed by the President in building up the self-reliant defence capabilities and taught meaningfully that the undying revolutionary exploits the President performed in consolidating national defence capabilities are the greatest of all his exploits and that the invincible revolutionary armed forces and solid national defence industry are the most important of all the legacies bequeathed by the President. Without powerful military muscle, the existence and development of a revolutionary party, government and socialist system are unthinkable, and that’s why powerful defence capabilities constitute the most precious wealth. The President founded the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army in the days of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle and achieved national liberation and developed it into regular revolutionary armed forces without delay after liberation to found a regular army becoming to a sovereign state. Thanks to his immortal exploits of fortifying the politico-ideological and military and technological might of the People’s Army, the core of our defence capabilities, and of founding an independent defence industry at the same time, our country could repel the military aggression by the imperialist allied forces to conclude the Fatherland Liberation War triumphantly and could win victory after victory, definitely overpowering the U.S. imperialists in the protracted confrontation with them, and dynamically push ahead with the socialist construction. The President established our-style socialist system centred on the popular masses, the most advantageous one in the world, and consolidated and developed it. He put forth the Juche-based socialist ideology and theory that socialism of our style is socialism in which the popular masses are the masters of everything and everything serves the popular masses. It is him who set it as the socialist policy for the Party and state to take responsibility for and provide everything ranging from foods, clothes and houses for the people to their education and healthcare. As the President provided a firm foundation for self-supporting national economy, the material basis of our-style socialism, our people could push ahead with the socialist construction and the struggle to protect and add luster to the socialist system even in the face of the imperialists’ sanctions and blockade of all kinds. Our-style socialism centred on the popular masses, a precious legacy of the President, has clearly demonstrated its own superiority and invincibility to the whole world and, today, it distinguishes itself as an eternal cradle of the people where their happiness is brought into full bloom under the leadership of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un.