Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
MAO ZEDONGPassivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
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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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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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Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
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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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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
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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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Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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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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Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.
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To read too many books is harmful.
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Women hold up half the sky.
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I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses.
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We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
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