A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
If we did ten things, nine were bad and got disclosed by the newspapers, we will be over. Then I will go,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Look at World War II, at Hitler's cruelty. The more cruelty, the more enthusiasm for revolution. — 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
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
If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The seizure of power by armed force, the settlement of the issue by war, is the central task and the highest form… — 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
“...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 Copy Share Image
Taken as a whole, the Chinese revolutionary movement led by the Communist Party embraces the two stages, i.e., the democratic and the… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Socialist revolution aims at liberating the productive forces. The changeover from individual to socialist, collective ownership in agriculture and handicrafts and from… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
How is Marxist-Leninist theory to be linked with the practice of the Chinese revolution? To use a common expression, it is by… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Our enemies are all those in league with imperialism - the warlords, the bureaucrats, the comprador class, the big Landlord class and… — 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
The People's democratic dictatorship needs the leadership of the working class. For it is only the working class that is most far-sighted,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
There may be thousands of principles of Marxism, but in the final analysis they can be summed up in one sentence: Rebellion… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The socialist system will eventually replace the capitalist system; this is an objective law independent of man's will. However much the reactionaries… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
To win countrywide victory is only the first step in a long march of ten thousand li.... The Chinese revolution is great,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The theory of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin is universally applicable. We should regard it not as a dogma, but as a… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The ruthless economic exploitation and political oppression of the peasants by the landlord class forced them into numerous uprisings against its rule....… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Apart from their other characteristics, the outstanding thing about China's 600 million people is that they are "poor and blank". This may… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The arrow of Marxist-Leninism must be used to hit the target of the Chinese Revolution. — 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
