An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
We are advocates of the abolition of war, we do not want war; but war can only be abolished through war. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The commanders and fighters of the entire Chinese People's Liberation Army absolutely must not relax in the least their will to fight;… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The officers do not beat the men; the officers and men receive equal treatment. Soldiers are free to hold meetings and speak… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
There is in guerrilla warfare no such thing as a decisive battle; there is nothing comparable to the fixed, passive defense that… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
History shows that wars are divided into two kinds-just and unjust. All wars that are progressive are just, and all wars that… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Revolutions and revolutionary wars are inevitable in class society, and without them it is impossible to accomplish any leap in social development… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Many people think it impossible for guerrillas to exist for long in the enemy's rear. Such a belief reveals lack of comprehension… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The seizure of power by armed force, the settlement of the issue by war, is the central task and the highest form… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Just because we have won victory, we must never relax our vigilance against the frenzied plots for revenge by the imperialists and… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things, that are decisive. The contest… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“...this protracted war will pass through three stages. The first stage covers the period of the enemy's strategic offensive and our strategic… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Soldiers are the foundation of an army; unless they are imbued with a progressive political spirit, and unless such a spirit is… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Without armed struggle neither the proletariat, nor the people, nor the Communist Party would have any standing at all in China and… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Revolutionary war is an antitoxin that not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth. Every just,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
We desire peace. However, if imperialism insists on fighting a war, we will have no alternative but to take the firm resolution… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Our country and all the other socialist countries want peace; so do the peoples of all the countries of the world. The… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The imperialists and domestic reactionaries will certainly not take their defeat Lying down and they will struggle to the last ditch. After… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The world is progressing, the future is bright and no one can change this general trend of history. We should carry on… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
As for the imperialist countries, we should unite with their peoples and strive to coexist peacefully with those countries, do business with… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The most effective method of propaganda directed at the enemy forces is to release captured soldiers and give the wounded medical treatment... Whenever soldiers… — Mao Zedong Copy Share
We must learn to do economic work from all who know how, no matter who they are. We must esteem them as teachers, learning… — Mao Zedong Copy Share
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. — Mao Zedong Copy Share
At the beginning of anything out of the ordinary, the mass of the people always dislike it. — Mao Zedong Copy Share
Winds flap the sail, tortoise and snake are silent, a great plan looms. A bridge will fly over this moat dug by heaven and… — Mao Zedong Copy Share
In the struggle to defend the legacy of Leninism . . . [Stalin] proved himself to be an outstanding Marxist-Leninist fighter. . . .… — Mao Zedong Copy Share
It is necessary to master Marxist theory and apply it, master it for the sole purpose of applying it. If you can apply the… — Mao Zedong Copy Share
It is a very good thing, and a significant one too, to exterminate the bourgeoisie and capitalism in China. — Mao Zedong Copy Share
Return to Shaoshan I regret the passing, the dying, of the vague dream: my native orchards thirty-two years ago. Yet red banners roused the… — Mao Zedong Copy Share
We should go to the masses and learn from them, synthesize their experience into better, articulated principles and methods, then do propaganda among the… — Mao Zedong Copy Share
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