Mao lived very much like the rank and file of the Red Army. After ten years of leadership of the Reds, after hundreds of confiscations of property of landlords, officials and tax collectors, he owned only his blankets, and a… — Edgar Snow Copy Share Image
In Russia religion is the opium of the people; in China opium is the religion of the people. — Edgar Snow Copy Share Image
I doubt very much if Mao would ever command great respect from the intellectual élite of China, perhaps not entirely because he has an… — Edgar Snow Copy Share Image
Mao appears to be quite free from symptoms of megalomania, but he has a deep sense of personal dignity, and something about him suggests… — Edgar Snow Copy Share Image
Do not suppose, first of all, that Mao Tse-tung could be the "saviour" of China. Nonsense. There will never be one "saviour" of China.… — Edgar Snow Copy Share Image
It is impossible not to recognise the Long March as one of the great triumphs of men against odds and men against nature. While… — Edgar Snow Copy Share Image
Mao lived very much like the rank and file of the Red Army. After ten years of leadership of the Reds, after hundreds of… — Edgar Snow Copy Share Image
There seemed to be nothing in Mao that might be called religious feeling; his judgments were reached, I believe, on the basis of reason… — Edgar Snow Copy Share Image
