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ate in. Not a mere passive defence of a position valueless in itself, but the active defence of a position whose location threatens the supremacy or existence of the enemy. The genius of the commander must find such a position, the skill of his subordinates must prepare and fortify it, the courage of all must defend it. Out of this com- bination of genius, skill and courage alone can grow the flower of military success. (July 24 1915) COUNTER THE IMPERIALIST WAR OF AGGRESSION WITH THE WAR OF LIBERATION Kim Jong Il: As the leader said, we do not want war, nor are we afraid of it, nor do we beg peace from the imperialists. The best way to preserve national independence and peace and win the revolutionary cause is to counter the imperialist war of agg- ression with the war of liberation, answer the counter-revolutionary violence of reaction with revolutionary violence, and always meet the imperialist moves of aggression and war in full preparedness. (OJI 50) James Connolly: The signal of war ought also to have been the signal for rebellion. ... When the bugles sounded the first note for actual war, their notes should have been taken as the tocsin for social revo- lution. (March 1915) Should the working class of Europe, rather than slaughter each other for the benefit of kings and financiers, proceed tomorrow to erect barri- 43