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 ZEDONGLetting 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 people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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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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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
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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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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.
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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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Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.
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Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
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People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
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Women hold up half the sky.
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All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
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In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.
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Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.
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