Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Power comes from the muzzle of a gun, those that have the guns have the power, those that have the power dictate… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The government burns down whole cities while the people are forbidden to light lamps. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
No political party can possibly lead a great revolutionary movement to victory unless it possesses revolutionary theory and knowledge of history and… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The question is not whether or not there should be a cult of the individual, but rather whether or not the individual… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
We Communists never conceal our political views. Definitely and beyond all doubt, our future or maximum program is to carry China forward… — 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
“...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
The agricultural co-operative movement has been a severe ideological and political struggle from the very beginning. No cooperative can be established without… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
There are some militarists who say: ‘We are not interested in politics but only in the profession of arms.’ It is vital… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The ruthless economic exploitation and political oppression of the peasants by the landlord class forced them into numerous uprisings against its rule…… — 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