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.
MAO ZEDONGThe 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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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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If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.
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Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.
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People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.
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I voted for you during your last election.
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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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All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
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Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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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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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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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
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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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A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.
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