The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.
MAO ZEDONGA revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.
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The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.
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On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.
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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
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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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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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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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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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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
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In waking a tiger, use a long stick.
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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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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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