We should support whatever the enemy opposes and oppose whatever the enemy supports — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Napoleon was the best method. Dissolved all representative institutions and it decided who should rule the state with him. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Communists should set an example in study; at all times they should be pupils of the masses as well as their teachers. — 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
The exemplary vanguard role of the Communists is of vital importance. Communists in the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies should set… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The question is not whether or not there should be a cult of the individual, but rather whether or not the individual… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The attitude of Communists towards any person who has made mistakes in his work should be one of persuasion in order to… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
We should go to the masses and learn from them, synthesize their experience into better, articulated principles and methods, then do propaganda… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Communists should be the most farsighted, the most self-sacrificing, the most resolute, and the least prejudiced in sizing up situations, and should… — 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
Communists must always go into the why's and wherefore's of anything, use their own heads and carefully think over whether or not… — 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
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
It is necessary to master Marxist theory and apply it, master it for the sole purpose of applying it. If you can… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Now, there are two different attitudes towards learning from others. One is the dogmatic attitude of transplanting everything, whether or not it… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
In China the struggle to consolidate the socialist system, the struggle to decide whether socialism or capitalism will prevail, will still take… — 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
We desire peace. However, if imperialism insists on fighting a war, we will have no alternative but to take the firm resolution… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Education in democracy must be carried on within the Party so that members can understand the meaning of democratic life, the meaning… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Every Communist working in the mass movements should be a friend of the masses and not a boss over them, an indefatigable… — 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
As for the imperialist countries, we should unite with their peoples and strive to coexist peacefully with those countries, do business with… — 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
Communists should set an example in being practical as well as far-sighted. For only by being practical can they fulfil the appointed… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Even though I believe we should promote Chinese medicine, I personally do not believe in it. I don't take Chinese medicine. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Our attitude towards ourselves should be 'to be satiable in learning' and towards others 'to be tireless in teaching. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
There should be celebration rallies when people die... We believe in dialectics, and so we can't not be in favor of death. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
We should encourage comrades to take the interests of the whole into account. Every Party member, every branch of work, every statement… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
We should never pretend to know what we don't know, we should not feel ashamed to ask and learn from people below,… — 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… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
So long as a person who has made mistakes . . . honestly and sincerely wishes to be cured and to mend… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
At no time and in no circumstances should a Communist place his personal interests first; he should subordinate them to the interests… — 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
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
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