Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
MAO ZEDONGIn waking a tiger, use a long stick.
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Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.
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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
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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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Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated.
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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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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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The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.
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If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself.
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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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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.
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The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn’t.
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In waking a tiger, use a long stick.
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Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
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