On The Juche Idea PDF
On The Juche Idea PDF
Only when one is firmly armed with the Juche idea and
advances under its banner, would it be possible to emerge
victorious in the rev?olution and construction, surmounting
all difficulties and trials. This is the conviction which our
people have acquired through the history of revolutionary
struggle spanning over half a century.
Availing myself of the opportunity provided by this
meeting of social scientists and theoretical propagandists
from all over the coun?try who gathered here to debate on
the Juche idea and its great victo?ry on the eve of the 70th
anniversary of the leaders birthday, I would like to refer
to the questions related to the principles of the Juche idea.
1. THE ORIGIN OF THE JUCHE IDEA
A progressive idea plays an important role in sociohistorical progress.
When the popular masses are guided by a progressive idea,
they can be a powerful creator of history. Of course, it does
not mean that all progressive ideas play the same role in
socio-historical develop?ment. Their role is different
according to how they represent the aspi?rations and
interests of the popular masses and how correctly they show
the path which must be followed in struggle. There were
ideas which reflected the aspirations of progressive classes
of society even before the emergence of the working class.
But due to their historical and class limitations the trends of
thought in the past age could not but be hampered in the
role they played in social development. The revolutionary
ideas of the working class alone can correctly reflect the
demands of the time and the aspirations of the popular
masses and give a powerful stimulus to socio-historical
development by inspiring the people to wage the
revolutionary struggle.
The revolutionary ideas of the working class are originated
by distinguished leaders.
It can be said that the history of the communist movement
span?ning a hundred and scores of years is a history of
working-class lead?ers creating and developing
revolutionary ideas, a history in which these ideas have
been applied to transform the world. In the mid-19th
century Marx and Engels propounded Marxism. Thus they
highlight?ed the historical mission and a path of liberation
that had to be fol?lowed by the working class that appeared
on the arena of struggle and stimulated the fight against
and life can be created only through the struggle to wipe out
the old forces. All progress and changes made by humanity
throughout history, after all, are the fruit of the popular
masses creative struggle.
The process of their creative struggle is the process of
developing themselves to be more powerful beings.
The masses of the people have increased their creative
ability while at the same time transforming nature and
developing society. The history of social productive forces
is the history of the growth of mens creative capability to
conquer nature. The history of social revolutions is the
history of the process to strengthen the revolution?ary
power of the masses to reshape society.
With growth in the creative ability of the masses, the sociohistor?ical movement advances further.
The communist movement organized and developed by the
work?ing class is the highest form of creative movement in
human history. This is a movement to build a society where
the independence and cre?ativity of the masses of the
people are fully realized, the highest ideal of mankind
which is fundamentally different from all class societies
that have existed in history. The creative power of the
masses, too, is exploited fully in the revolutionary
movement of the working class. It is not until their
involvement in the revolutionary movement of the working
class, the communist movement, that the working masses
whose creative activity has been restrained by the ruling
classes during the whole period of antagonistic class
societies, become genuine cre?ators of history who
transform the world to meet their own will and desire and
shape their destiny in an independent manner.
The revolutionary movement, the creative activity of the
masses, requires that the creative stand be always
maintained firmly in the struggles to reshape nature and
society.
Adhering to the creative stand is indispensable to leading
the revo?lutionary movement to victory. Only when they
adhere to the creative stand, can the popular masses keep
properly their position as masters of the revolution and
construction, and fulfil their role as such.
The creative stand is one that the masses of the people
ought to maintain as transformers of nature and society, as
shapers of their own destiny. Without maintaining this
We must ensure that all the people cherish the dignity of the
resourceful and courageous Korean nation, the sense of
pride and honour of a people who is making a revolution
under the guidance of the great leader in particular.
The task of establishing Juche in ideology requires that
national culture should be developed and that the cultural
and technical levels of the masses raised.
We must build culture which is national in form and
revolution?ary and socialistic in content, Juche-oriented
culture which agrees with our peoples sentiments and is
based on the working-class line. This will make peoples
ideological and spiritual life healthy and facilitate the
establishment of Juche in ideology. In order to develop
socialist national culture on a sound basis, we must
thoroughly pre?vent imperialist cultural penetration and, at
the same time, reject the tendency to return to the past and
nihilist inclination with regard to the heritage of national
culture, inherit and develop its fine traditions, and critically
adopt progressive elements of foreign culture, which are
congenial to our peoples sentiments.
It is also necessary to make strenuous efforts to develop
science and technology and raise the cultural and technical
standards of the masses. This will enable the working
people to become true masters of nature and society and get
rid of the idea of worshipping and depending on others in
the matter related to science and technology, and
thoroughly establish Juche.
If Juche is to be established in ideology, servility to big
powers and all other outdated ideas should be opposed.
Establishing Juche in thinking itself means an ideological
emanci?pation of people from the fetters of outdated ideas,
and an ideological revolution to establish a new Juche
outlook on the world. In order to establish Juche in
ideology we must reject all sorts of outdated ideas which
are contrary to the Juche idea, and thoroughly eliminate
servi?tude to big powers in particular.
Flunkeyism is an attitude peculiar to slaves serving and
worship?ping big powers and developed countries, and an
attitude of nihilism which means looking down upon
ones own country and nation and despising them. If one
is inclined to be servile, one would be in the habit of
grovelling before others and following them: if others take
to revisionism, one would follow suit; and if others adopt
country. When all the people are under arms and the whole
country becomes a fortress, all the people can be mobilized
to crush the enemy as soon as it comes in to attack from any
quarter, and defend the country from imperialist aggression
with credit.
If the principle of self-reliant defence is to be implemented,
the politico-ideological superiority of the peoples armed
forces should be utilized to the maximum.
The decisive factor for victory in war does not consist in
weapons or techniques, but in the high political enthusiasm
and revolutionary devotion of the army and popular masses
who are conscious of the justice of their cause. A noble
revolutionary spirit to fight for the freedom and liberation
of the people, boundless loyalty to the party and the leader,
a peerless self-sacrificing spirit and mass heroism which are
expressed in willingly giving up ones youth and life for
the sake of the country and revolution, revolutionary
comradeship between men and officers, their inseparable
links with the people, and voluntary military
discipline?these are politico-ideological superiority peculiar
to a peoples army, a revolutionary army. As the history of
revolutionary wars shows, a revolutionary army which is in
firm politico-ideological readiness, though armed with
inferior weapons, can fight and defeat an enemy equipped
with the latest arms. Indeed, politico-ideological superiority
is the essential merit of revolutionary armed forces and the
source of their invincibility.
It is imperative, therefore, to knit the army closely from a
politi?co-ideological point of view and steadily raise its
politico-ideological level and ensure that imperialist armies
of aggression are defeated by the strength of the politicoideological superiority of the revolution?ary peoples
armed forces.
The principle of self-reliant defence, to be implemented,
requires that one must build ones own defence industry.
A national defence industry is a material guarantee for selfreliant armed forces. Particularly at this time when the US
and other imperi?alists are viciously manoeuvring to
subjugate other countries by offering arms as a bait, and
plundering other peoples resources and making huge
profits through arms deal, the newly-independent coun?tries
should build their own defence industries. This is of
tremendous significance. True, it would be difficult for
are utilized.
Since the masses are the decisive force that propels the
revolution and construction, one can successfully solve any
difficult problem and energetically speed up the revolution
and construction only when one relies on them.
If we are to successfully carry out the revolution and
construction by depending on the masses, we should map
out a correct policy reflecting their demands and aspirations
and make it their own.
The masses of the people know the reality better than
anybody else and have a wealth of experience. Only when
the will and demands of the broad masses are integrated in
a policy one is work?ing out, can the policy be correct,
conform with their aspirations and interests, win their
hearty support and inspire them to the struggle. Should one
fail to reflect the will of the masses correctly, one would
commit a subjective error in guiding the revolution and
construction. Then, one would be unable to enlist their
creativity.
One must not only formulate a policy mirroring the will and
aspi?rations of the masses but should also bring it home to
the masses so as to make it their own.
All the policies of the party are implemented and realized
by the popular masses in the long run. When they are
acquainted with the correctness of party policy and the
proper method to implement it, they will accept it as vital to
them and demonstrate a high degree of enthusiasm and
initiative for its fulfilment. If the policy is not grasped by
the masses, it will not produce great effect in life.
In order to carry out the revolution and construction by
drawing on the creative power of the people, it is necessary
to unite them into a single political force.
The strength of the masses lies in unity. When they are
firmly united, they will demonstrate really amazing power
in the revolution?ary struggle and construction work.
If the masses are to be united firmly, it is necessary to
properly combine the class line and mass line.
Only when the mass line is correctly carried out while
firmly adhering to the class principle, will it be possible to
isolate complete?ly the hostile elements and build up the
class position, and educate and transform all sections of the
masses to unite them and give full scope to their creativity
in the revolution and construction. If under socialism the
developed by the Juche idea onto a new, higher plane for its
perfection.
The Juche idea, the revolutionary world outlook
representing a new era in history, the Juche age, is rightly
leading the onward movement of mankind aspiring to
independence and sovereignty, socialism and communism,
while sweeping away all the reactionary and
counterrevolutionary currents of thoughts.
It marked a new, higher stage in the development of the
working-class revolutionary theory. Therein lies another
historic contribution of the Juche idea to the revolutionary
cause of the working class and the cause of liberation of
humanity.
An age had passed and the revolutionary movement had
gone a long way since the birth of the revolutionary theory
of the working class. Revolutionary practice in the new era
demanded that the revo?lutionary theory be developed in a
way which was suitable to new historic conditions. The
Juche idea propounded the basic principle of revolution that
the masses of the people are masters and the motive force
of the revolution and construction and, on this basis,
rendered it possible to evolve new revolutionary theories
required by our time.
The Juche idea is the sound basis on which to develop the
revolu?tionary theory of the Juche age. Developing
revolutionary theory on the basis of this idea means
expounding the principles and laws of revolutionary
movements with the working masses, the masters of
revolution and construction, at the centre.
Developing a revolutionary theory with the working people
at the centre is a requirement of revolutionary movements
in the Juche age. In our time when the working masses have
established themselves as the masters of the world and
when revolutionary struggles are being waged with a farreaching scope on the strength of their conscious?ness of
independence and creativeness, the principles and laws of
revolutionary movements can be elucidated correctly only
by devel?oping a revolutionary theory with the working
people at the centre. By this method the Juche idea has
made it possible to fully elaborate on the revolutionary
theory aimed at realizing independence for the working
masses; and it has consummated the revolutionary theories
of the working class to include those on national liberation,
idea their firm belief and should ensure that all scientific
and theoretical activities are geared to studying and
propagating, defending and materializing the Juche thought
and theory; they should also explain and disseminate the
greatness and validity of the Juche idea broadly and
profoundly.
Social scientists and theoreticians, the possessors and
propagators of progressive ideas, play a tremendous role in
the revolution and construction.
I believe that our Partys scientists and theoreticians will
keep in mind their mission and duty as the active advocates
and propagan?dists of the Juche idea and make an excellent
contribution to the struggle for the ultimate attainment of
the revolutionary cause of Juche.
5. THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE JUCHE
IDEA
The Juche idea is exerting a great influence on the
ideological life of humanity and on the revolutionary
changes of the world. It is gaining strong sympathy from
people all over the world and giving a powerful impetus to
the contemporary historic movement which is aspiring to
independence.
The Juche idea has become an accepted contemporary
thought, and its attraction and importance in affecting
changes increase with the progress of history.
It gives us a genuinely revolutionary world outlook of our
time, the Juche age. This constitutes a major historic
contribution made by the Juche idea to the development of
humanitys thinking and to the cause of liberation of
mankind.
Peoples notions of the world and their views on and
approach towards it have developed down through long
history.
The history of the world outlook was a history of struggle
between two conflicting philosophical currents, that is,
between materialism and idealism, between dialectics and
metaphysics. In this struggle Marxism signalled the victory
of materialism and dialectics. The emergence of the Marxist
materialistic dialectical world outlook was a reflection of
the contemporary requirements. The appearance of the
perfection.
The Juche idea, the revolutionary world outlook
representing a new era in history, the Juche age, is rightly
leading the onward movement of mankind aspiring to
independence and sovereignty, socialism and communism,
while sweeping away all the reactionary and
counterrevolutionary currents of thoughts.
It marked a new, higher stage in the development of the
working-class revolutionary theory. Therein lies another
historic contribution of the Juche idea to the revolutionary
cause of the working class and the cause of liberation of
humanity.
An age had passed and the revolutionary movement had
gone a long way since the birth of the revolutionary theory
of the working class. Revolutionary practice in the new era
demanded that the revo?lutionary theory be developed in a
way which was suitable to new historic conditions. The
Juche idea propounded the basic principle of revolution that
the masses of the people are masters and the motive force
of the revolution and construction and, on this basis,
rendered it possible to evolve new revolutionary theories
required by our time.
The Juche idea is the sound basis on which to develop the
revolu?tionary theory of the Juche age. Developing
revolutionary theory on the basis of this idea means
expounding the principles and laws of revolutionary
movements with the working masses, the masters of
revolution and construction, at the centre.
Developing a revolutionary theory with the working people
at the centre is a requirement of revolutionary movements
in the Juche age. In our time when the working masses have
established themselves as the masters of the world and
when revolutionary struggles are being waged with a farreaching scope on the strength of their conscious?ness of
independence and creativeness, the principles and laws of
revolutionary movements can be elucidated correctly only
by devel?oping a revolutionary theory with the working
people at the centre. By this method the Juche idea has
made it possible to fully elaborate on the revolutionary
theory aimed at realizing independence for the working
masses; and it has consummated the revolutionary theories
of the working class to include those on national liberation,
class emancipation and human freedom, and to be a perfect