Ho Chi Minh Image source: Democratic Republic of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh aka Nguyen Sinh Cung was a Vietnamese statesman and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the mid-1900s who also wrote poetry. Quotes by Ho Chi Minh in Time OneIn the mountains, I met the tiger and came out unscathed. On the plains, I encountered men, and was thrown into prison. More about Ho Chi Minh Spartacus Educational “Ho Chi Minh: From ‘Prison Diary'” Alfred Hitchcock Thomas Hobbes