Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
MAO ZEDONGTo read too many books is harmful.
More Mao Zedong Quotes
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On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.
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Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.
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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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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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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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The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.
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People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.
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In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.
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I voted for you during your last election.
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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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If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.
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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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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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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
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