Army Quotes by Mao Zedong

An army of the people is invincible!

— Mao Zedong

Without a People's army, the people have nothing.

— Mao Zedong

Whoever has an army has power, and war decides everything.

— Mao Zedong

The people are like water and the army is like fish.

— Mao Zedong

Without an army for the people, there is nothing for the people.

— Mao Zedong

Whoever has an army has power and that war decides everything.

— Mao Zedong

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

— Mao Zedong

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

— Mao Zedong

The Red Army is like a furnace in which all captured soldiers are melted down and transformed the moment they come over.

— Mao Zedong

If we did ten things, nine were bad and got disclosed by the newspapers, we will be over. Then I will go,…

— Mao Zedong

All our officers and fighters must always bear in mind that we are the great People's Liberation Army, we are the troops…

— Mao Zedong

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

The exemplary vanguard role of the Communists is of vital importance. Communists in the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies should set…

— Mao Zedong

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

— Mao Zedong

We stand for self-reliance. We hope for foreign aid but cannot be dependent on it; we depend on our own efforts, on…

— Mao Zedong

The popular masses are like water, and the army is like a fish. How then can it be said that when there…

— Mao Zedong

The state machine, including the army, the police and the courts, is the instrument with which one class oppresses another. It is…

— Mao Zedong

We have an army for fighting as well as an army for labour. For fighting, we have the Eighth Route and New…

— Mao Zedong

Our national defense will be consolidated and no imperialist will be allowed to invade our territory again. Our People's armed forces must…

— Mao Zedong

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

— Mao Zedong

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

— Mao Zedong

The Long March The Red Army is not afraid of hardship on the march, the long march. Ten thousand waters and a…

— Mao Zedong

"Don't you want to abolish state power?" Yes, we do, but not right now. We cannot do it yet. Why? Because imperialism…

— Mao Zedong

The People's Liberation Army is always a fighting force. Even after countrywide victory, our army will remain a fighting force during the…

— Mao Zedong

Soldiers are the foundation of an army; unless they are imbued with a progressive political spirit, and unless such a spirit is…

— Mao Zedong