At the beginning of anything out of the ordinary, the mass of the people always dislike 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
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 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
The government burns down whole cities while the people are forbidden to light lamps. — 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
Communists must listen attentively to the views of people outside the Party and let them have their say. If what they say… — 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
It is up to us to organize the people. As for the reactionaries in China, it is up to us to organize… — 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
"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 Copy Share Image
Reactionaries must be deprived of the right to voice their opinions; only the people have that right. — 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
Ours is a people's democratic dictatorship, led by the working class and based on the worker-peasant alliance. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
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 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
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
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 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
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
The world is progressing, the future is bright and no one can change this general trend of history. We should carry on… — 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
