In the struggle to defend the legacy of Leninism . . . [Stalin] proved himself to be an outstanding Marxist-Leninist fighter. .… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
What is work? Work is struggle. There are difficulties and problems in those places for us to overcome and solve. We go… — 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
Our stand is that of the proletariat and of the masses. For members of the Communist Party, this means keeping to the… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
We must thoroughly clear away all ideas among our cadres of winning easy victories through good luck, without hard and bitter struggle,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
After the enemies with guns have been wiped out, there will still be enemies without guns; they are bound to struggle desperately… — 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
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 wealth of society is created by the workers, peasants and working intellectuals. If they take their destiny into their own hands,… — 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
At certain times in the revolutionary struggle, the difficulties outweigh the favorable conditions and so constitute the principal aspect of the contradiction… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
In times of difficulty we must not lose sight of our achievements, must see the bright future and must pluck up our… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. They come from social practice, and from it alone;… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
If there were no contradictions and no struggle, there would be no world, no process, no life, and there would be nothing… — 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 comrades throughout the Party must take all this fully into account and be prepared to overcome all difficulties with an indomitable… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
It will take a long period to decide the issue in the ideological struggle between socialism and capitalism in our country. The… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states,… — 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
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
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
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 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
We Communists must be able to integrate ourselves with the masses in all things. If our Party members spend their whole lives… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The imperialists and domestic reactionaries will certainly not take their defeat Lying down and they will struggle to the last ditch. After… — 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
