The people are like water, and the army is like fish. If the water is clean, the fish will thrive.
Vietnamese independence leader
The people are like water, and the army is like fish. If the water is clean, the fish will thrive.
Vietnamese independence leader
Reported as a metaphor for popular support.
1940s
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