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This idea served as banner held aloft by the Korean National Association, which was a pivotal organization of the anti-Japanese national liberation movement from the latter half of the 1910s to the middle of the 1920s, and a guideline in leading its all activities. The idea has been inherited down through generations in the annals of the Korean revolution.
The President Kim Il Sung in his reminiscences wrote as follows: Later, I remembered these words when the anti-Japanese armed struggle, which I had believed we would win in three or four years, dragged on. As I lived through the long years of tragedy caused by national division after liberation, the division that compelled the north and the south to take opposite courses, I reminded myself of my father's profound words.
Touching on the style of work of the officials who worked with momentary enthusiasm in early March, Juche 82 (1993), he instructed that they should be guided by the idea of "Jiwon" in every work. And he added that he had been carrying on the revolution, guided by the idea since the very day he embarked upon the road of revolution. It is the unshakable will of General Secretary Kim Jong Il to complete the Korean revolution, guided by the idea of "Jiwon." This noble idea is also reflected in the Juche-oriented view on life which he instilled into the Korean people, the view that calls for living today not for the present but for the future. The Korean people will surely build a powerful socialist nation on this land, inspired by the idea of "Jiwon."
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