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 ZEDONGI have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses.
More Mao Zedong Quotes
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Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.
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In waking a tiger, use a long stick.
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Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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To read too many books is harmful.
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All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
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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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Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated.
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Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.
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An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
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Learn from the masses, and then teach them.
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Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
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On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.
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In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.
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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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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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Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.
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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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Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.
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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
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