Politics Quotes by Mao Zedong

Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.

— Mao Zedong

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

— Mao Zedong

[Khrushchev] should get a one-ton medal.

— Mao Zedong

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

— Mao Zedong

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

— Mao Zedong

Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul…

— Mao Zedong

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

— Mao Zedong

The government burns down whole cities while the people are forbidden to light lamps.

— Mao Zedong

Power comes from the muzzle of a gun, those that have the guns have the power, those that have the power dictate…

— Mao Zedong

All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns…

— Mao Zedong

There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from…

— Mao Zedong

No political party can possibly lead a great revolutionary movement to victory unless it possesses revolutionary theory and knowledge of history and…

— Mao Zedong

The question is not whether or not there should be a cult of the individual, but rather whether or not the individual…

— 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

“...this protracted war will pass through three stages. The first stage covers the period of the enemy's strategic offensive and our strategic…

— Mao Zedong

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

There are some militarists who say: ‘We are not interested in politics but only in the profession of arms.’ It is vital…

— Mao Zedong

The ruthless economic exploitation and political oppression of the peasants by the landlord class forced them into numerous uprisings against its rule……

— Mao Zedong

We Communists never conceal our political views. Definitely and beyond all doubt, our future or maximum program is to carry China forward…

— Mao Zedong