War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
MAO ZEDONGPolitical power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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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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Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
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Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.
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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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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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Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.
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He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
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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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Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.
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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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On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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