Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
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.
More Mao Zedong Quotes
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All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
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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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Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.
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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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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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I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses.
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Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.
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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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Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
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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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If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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In waking a tiger, use a long stick.
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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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