Man is not a slave but a master of his own destiny and the power of hewing out the destiny is not somewhere else but is in himself. By elucidating this law, the Juche idea holds a human's prestige and value in the highest position. Man becomes a slave of his destiny if he does not know himself, but becomes a master of his destiny if he knows himself. The great Juche idea is the philosophical thought of human emancipation that clarifies this truth of life and struggle of a social being.
The respected Comrade
"The Juche idea, a revolutionary ideology based on the integrated system of a man-centred philosophical idea,revolutionary theory and leadership method,is a perfect guiding ideology of the revolution which indicates the road for the masses to take in their struggle for independence.
The idea established a man-centred outlook on the world, with the result that it opened the way for man to shape social history and his own destiny in an independent way with the consciousness that he is the master of the world and of his own destiny."
That man is the master of his own destiny is that he has the right to deal with the issue of his destiny in keeping with his intention and requirements and has the obligation to pioneer his destiny in the responsible way.
That man is the master of his own destiny is that, for one thing, he has the right to deal with the issue of his destiny to meet his intention and requirements. Of course, the surrounding environment can not be ignored in living. Natural environment or social conditions have great influence on human activities.
According to whether the natural environemt is good or bad and whether the political and economic systems of a society is progressive or reactionary, human activities to reform nature and develop society can be provided with favourable conditions or restricted. However, the right to deal with the issue of man's own destiny in keeping with his intention and requirements belongs to man himself, not the objective conditions.
That man is the master of his own destiny is that, for another, he has obligation to be responsible for and shape his own destinly. Man, throughout his protracted and arduous historic struggle, convinced that he could live by himself once he trusts his strength and depends upon it.
Of course, the protracted history of philosophy which started in ancient times has established the viewpoint that man should be adapted to the given environment. Analysis of the history of human development from the Juche-oriented perspective shows that humans have more lived without knowing themselves than being aware of them and rather struggled to seek the way to live for a long period of time.
The fundamental way of pioneering man's own destiny strongly desired throughout the long history has been brilliantly solved by the creation of the immortal Juche idea.
The idea that man is the master of his own destiny encourages one to have scientific faith in the possibility of hewing out his own destiny without fail by dint of his own efforts and struggle.
Brilliant successes in socialist construction achieved by the Korean people under the wise leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea(WPK) are none other than the great triumph of the Juche idea that clarifies the truth that man is the master of his own destiny.
It is the firm determination and will of the WPK to hasten the bright future of
The Korean people are strong in terms of faith and will, who learned to lead a life and win a victory over the enemy and surmount difficulties and defend their dignity and rights in the long severe environment ever known.
Today we are faced with difficulties and unfavourable objective conditions. However, we have the mature and experienced leadership of the WPK. And thanks to the irresistible force of the Korean people who regard the immortal Juche idea as firm guiding idea and live and struggle following its requirements, there is no doubt that another world-shaking miraculous triumph will be achieved in the efforts to build a powerful socialilst country.
