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
...it is impossible for a genuine people's revolution in any country to win victory without various forms of help from the international… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The masses are the real heroes, while we ourselves are often childish and ignorant, and without this understanding, it is impossible to… — 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
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
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
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 Image
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 Image
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
At the beginning of anything out of the ordinary, the mass of the people always dislike it. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
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 Image
In the struggle to defend the legacy of Leninism . . . [Stalin] proved himself to be an outstanding Marxist-Leninist fighter. . . .… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
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 Image
It is a very good thing, and a significant one too, to exterminate the bourgeoisie and capitalism in China. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
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 Image