It said:

There is saying one should be ready for a war even if one desires peace.

The worth of peace and true freedom is incomparably great even at present as it was before.

The Korean people have shown in practice that they would not allow anyone to deprive them of peace and freedom. They truly desire peace and perform feats for peace and freedom every day and every hour.

President Kim Il Sung performed a military miracle in the 20th century by defeating the most formidable two imperialisms in one generation.

He trained the Korean People's Army into a-match-for-a hundred revolutionary army, put all people under arms and turned the whole country into a fortress, thus providing a powerful military guarantee for the defence of the country's sovereignty and the eternal prosperity of the nation.

Leader Kim Jong Il, who regarded it as his lifelong mission to accomplish the Songun revolutionary cause of Juche pioneered by the President, ushered in the greatest heyday for the development of the revolutionary armed forces with his extraordinary wisdom, outstanding commanding art and matchless grit.

This tradition is now being steadily carried forward under the energetic Songun leadership of the dear respected Kim Jong Un for peace and freedom and the protection of the country's sovereignty.