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Mao Zedong

(1893–1976) Calligrapher

287 quotes in 1334 categories

A sail flapping in the wind hints at a great plan hidden from view. Mao’s words tell us not to fear hardship or death and to learn from anyone who knows economic work. He also says a revolution is not a dinner party and that a hundred flowers should bloom.

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Mao Zedong was a calligrapher, best known for Mao Tŝe-tung's quotations.

Quick Facts About Mao Zedong

Born: December 26, 1893
Died: September 9, 1976
Profession: Calligrapher
Notable works: Mao Tŝe-tung's quotations

About Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revolutionary, writer, political theorist and the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC). He led China from the PRC's establishment in October 1949 until his death in September 1976, primarily through his role as the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). His theories, which he advocated as a Chinese adaptation of Marxism–Leninism, are known as Maoism.

Quotes by Mao Zedong

People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.

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I am alone with the masses.

Funny

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To read too many books is harmful.

Books

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I voted for you during your last election.

Democracy

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The Chinese people have stood up.

China

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Man must conquer nature.

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Complacency is the enemy of study.

Complacency

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An army of the people is invincible!

Army

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Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.

Enemy

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The weeds of socialism are better than the crops of capitalism.

Capitalism

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An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.

Army

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If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.

Chinese revolution

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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.

Capitalism

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The arrow of Marxist-Leninism must be used to hit the target of the Chinese Revolution.

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There is turmoil under the heavens. The prospects are excellent.

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Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul…

Point of view

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Even though I believe we should promote Chinese medicine, I personally do not believe in it. I don't take Chinese medicine.

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Ours is a people's democratic dictatorship, led by the working class and based on the worker-peasant alliance.

Alliances

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Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party.

Army

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When we look at thing, we must examine its essence and treat its appearance merely as an usher at the threshold, we…

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When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half of the people die so…

Death

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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…

Birth

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. . . dogma is less useful than cow dung. One can make whatever one likes out of it, even revisionism. . . .

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People who try to commit suicide - don't attempt to save them! . . . China is such a populous nation, it…

China

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In order to build a great socialist society it is of the utmost importance to arouse the broad masses of women to…

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Many people think it impossible for guerrillas to exist for long in the enemy's rear. Such a belief reveals lack of comprehension…

Belief

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This army is powerful because all its members have a conscious discipline; they have come together and they fight not for the…

Army

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A Communist must never be opinionated or domineering, thinking that he is good in everything while others are good in nothing; he…

Boast

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The main form of struggle is war; the main form of organization is the army... . Without armed struggle there would be…

Armed struggle

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New things always have to experience difficulties and setbacks as they grow. It is sheer fantasy to imagine that the cause of…

Capitalism

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All the experience the Chinese people have accumulated through several decades teaches us to enforce the people's democratic dictatorship, that is, to…

Chinese

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The world is yours, as well as ours, but in the last analysis, it is yours. Young people, full of vigour and…

Analysis

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Socialist revolution aims at liberating the productive forces. The changeover from individual to socialist, collective ownership in agriculture and handicrafts and from…

Agriculture

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It will take a long period to decide the issue in the ideological struggle between socialism and capitalism in our country. The…

Bourgeoisie

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Without armed struggle neither the proletariat, nor the people, nor the Communist Party would have any standing at all in China and…

Armed struggle

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Peitaho Heavy rains fall on Yuyen, the northland kingdom of swallows. White pages of rain envelop the sky, and fishing boats off…

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On what basis should our policy rest? It should rest on our own strength, and that means regeneration through one's own efforts.…

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Liupan the Mountain of Six Circles Dazzling sky to the far cirrus clouds. I gaze at wild geese vanishing into the south.…

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Saying Good-bye to the God of Disease (2) Thousands of willow branches in a spring wind. Six hundred million of China, land…

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After the countrywide victory of the Chinese revolution and the solution of the land problem, two basic contradictions will still exist in…

Bourgeoisie

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Mao Zedong by topic

People (67) War (40) Revolution (34) Struggle (33) Mass (29) Peace (27) Communist (26) Party (25) Class (25) China (25) Army (25) Communism (24) Revolutionary (23) Enemy (23) World (22) Socialism (22) Chinese (21)