Bao Dai Quotes:- Bao Dai (born 22 October 1913 – 31 July 1997) was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyen dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was emperor of Annam and de jure monarch of Tonkin, which were then protectorates in French Indochina, covering present-day central and northern Vietnam. Bao Dai ascended the throne in 1932.
The Japanese ousted the Vichy French administration in March 1945 and then ruled through Bảo Đại, who renamed his country “Vietnam”. He abdicated in August 1945 when Japan surrendered. From 1949 to 1955, Bao Dai was the chief of state of the non-communist State of Vietnam. Viewed as a puppet ruler, Bảo Đại was criticized for being too closely associated with France and spending much of his time outside Vietnam. He was eventually ousted in a referendum in 1955 by Prime Minister Ngo Dình Diem, who was supported by the United States.
Inspirational Bao Dai Quotes
“As for us, during twenty years’ reign, we have known much bitterness.”
Bao Dai
“If your government had given me a thousandth of the sum it spent to depose me, I could have won that war.”
Bao Dai
“Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.”
Bao Dai
“In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.”
Bao Dai
“I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than an Emperor of an enslaved one.”
Bao Dai
“I do not wish a foreign army to spill the blood of my people.”
Bao Dai
“The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord.”
Bao Dai
