Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
MAO ZEDONGSwollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.
More Mao Zedong Quotes
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.
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People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.
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Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated.
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To read too many books is harmful.
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Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land.
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Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole.
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In waking a tiger, use a long stick.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.
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There is in fact no such thing as art for art’s sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.
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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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