Bao Dai Quotes

China, Statesman
October 22, 1913 – July, 30, 1997.

Bảo Đại (Vietnamese: [ɓa᷉ːw ɗâːjˀ], Chinese: 保大, lit. "keeper of greatness", 22 October 1913 – 30 July 1997), born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, was the 13th and final Emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling family of Vietnam.

If your government had given me a thousandth of the sum it spent to depose me, I could have won that war.

Bao Dai
- War
- Government
- Won
I do not wish a foreign army to spill the blood of my people.

Bao Dai
- People
- Wish
- Army

I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.

Bao Dai
In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.

Bao Dai
- Life
- History
- Death
As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness.

Bao Dai
- Years
- U.S.
- Bitterness
The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord.

Bao Dai
- Time
- War
- Peace
Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.

Bao Dai
- Country
- Happy
- Free