Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
MAO ZEDONGPolitical power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
MAO ZEDONGTo read too many books is harmful.
MAO ZEDONGWar can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
MAO ZEDONGWe think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well.
MAO ZEDONGLet a hundred flowers bloom.
MAO ZEDONGPolitical work is the life-blood of all economic work.
MAO ZEDONGWomen hold up half the sky.
MAO ZEDONGThe guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.
MAO ZEDONGThe 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.
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.
MAO ZEDONGAn army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
MAO ZEDONGCommunism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
MAO ZEDONGClasses struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated.
MAO ZEDONGOn this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.
MAO ZEDONGSwollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.
MAO ZEDONGWeapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
MAO ZEDONG