Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
MAO ZEDONGThe atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn’t.
More Mao Zedong Quotes
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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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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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If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.
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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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If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself.
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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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Learn from the masses, and then teach them.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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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 guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.
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To read too many books is harmful.
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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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I voted for you during your last election.
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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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Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated.
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