Reactionaries must be deprived of the right to voice their opinions; only the people have that right. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Ours is a people's democratic dictatorship, led by the working class and based on the worker-peasant alliance. — 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
People of the world, unite and defeat the U.S. aggressors and all their running dogs! — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The government burns down whole cities while the people are forbidden to light lamps. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Revolution is a drama of passion. We did not win the people over by appealing to reason but by developing hope, trust,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Every comrade must be brought to understand that the supreme test of the words and deeds of a Communist is whether they… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
All the experience the Chinese people have accumulated through several decades teaches us to enforce the people's democratic dictatorship, that is, to… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them, but should befriend them, unite with them, convince… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
People who try to commit suicide - don't attempt to save them! . . . China is such a populous nation, it… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half of the people die so… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
People say that poverty is bad, but in fact poverty is good. The poorer people are, the more revolutionary they are. It… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
All reactionaries are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are not so powerful. From a long-term… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
By over-all planning, we mean planning which takes into consideration the interests of the 600 million people of our country. In drawing… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
On what basis should our policy rest? It should rest on our own strength, and that means regeneration through one's own efforts.… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
This army is powerful because all its members have a conscious discipline; they have come together and they fight not for the… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The main form of struggle is war; the main form of organization is the army... . Without armed struggle there would be… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
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
Whoever sides with the revolutionary people is a revolutionary. Whoever sides with imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat-capitalism is a counter-revolutionary. Whomever sides with… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
All the reputedly powerful reactionaries are merely paper tigers. The reason is that they are divorced from the people. Look! Was not… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
After the countrywide victory of the Chinese revolution and the solution of the land problem, two basic contradictions will still exist in… — 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
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
Revolutionary war is an antitoxin that not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth. Every just,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Some people have read a few Marxist books and think themselves quite learned but what they have read has not penetrated, has… — 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
We Communists are like seeds and the people are like the soil. Wherever we go, we must unite with the people, take… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The only way to settle questions of an ideological nature or controversial issues among the people is by the democratic method, the… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Don't make a fuss about a world war. At most, people die... Half the population wiped out - this happened quite a… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The young people are the most active and vital force in society. They are the most eager to learn and the least… — 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