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Bao Dai
 
Date of birth: 22 October 1913
Date of death: 30 July 1997
Country Of Origin: Vietnam
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Emperor

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   Bảo Đại was born Prince Nguyễn Vĩnh Thụy in Huế, which was then the capital of Vietnam. His father was Emperor Khải Định. After being educated at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as Sciences Po) in France, he became emperor in 1925 following his father's death, and took the name Bảo Đại (but is also known as Nguyễn Phúc Thiển or Vĩnh Thụy). He was subject to French control of his government— Vietnam was part of French Indochina. At var .... (More...)
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" As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness. "

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" Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country. "

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" I do not wish a foreign army to spill the blood of my people. "

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" I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one. "

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" If your government had given me a thousandth of the sum it spent to depose me, I could have won that war. "

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" In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death. "

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" The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord. "

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" To achieve these ends, we have declared ourself ready for any sacrifice and we desire that our sacrifice be useful to the people. "

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" We invite all parties and groups, all classes of society, as well as the royal family, to solidarize in unreserved support of the democratic Government with a view to consolidating the national independence. "

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" We request that the new Government take care of the dynastic temples and royal tombs. "

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" We shall allow no one to abuse our name or the name of the royal family in order to sow dissent among our compatriots. "

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