"Koreans keenly feel they are blessed with the remarkable leadership of Dear Leader Comrade Generalissimo Kim Jong Il the brilliant statesman, political genius, prolific author, prodigious humanist, intellectual giant of our times, invincible military commander, and immortal lodestar of the 21st century.

Koreans thus rally wholeheartedly around the Banner of Songun which is the Banner of Victory in single-minded unity of total loyalty and filial devotion with a sense of obligation that is freely consented to, yearning for the Leader who bestows the Korean nation the many benefits of Songun politics which are the lifeblood of the people.

Songun politics is the correct political mode of putting the military affairs at the forefront of the revolutionary building the great prosperous powerful country in defence of the Juche-based man-centered Korean-style socialist system freely chosen by the Korean people out of their own free will.

Having made the Democratic People's Republic of Korean the utopian socialist workers' paradise of freedom, peace, and justice with his Songun politics that are the politics of love and caring for the people, Dear Leader Comrade Generalissimo Kim Jong Il made it the strong nation of independant will that no formidable enemy dare attack or provoke, ensuring world peace on the Korean peninsula and prosperous stability for all Asian people.

The Korean people and all world progressives feel a deep pride in glorifying the great immortal revolutionary exploits of the Dear Leader, the Leader of Songun.

This is the Pride of Songun."