Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.
MAO ZEDONGAn army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
More Mao Zedong Quotes
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We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well.
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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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To read too many books is harmful.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated.
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All reactionaries are paper tigers.
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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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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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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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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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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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If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself.
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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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Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.
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