French philosopher Quote by Alexander McCall Smith

“after seeing decades of Maoist campaigns, that idealism mostly resulted in misery. China would be helped only as ordinary citizens went about bettering their…

— Gordon G. Chang

“As I gazed at Mao’s face wearing what was intended as a benign expression but was in fact a smirk of self-satisfaction, I wondered…

— Nien Cheng

“The time would come when every leader in the world would read the writings of the Chinese Communists—for it was barely possible that the…

— T. R. Fehrenbach

I doubt very much if Mao would ever command great respect from the intellectual élite of China, perhaps not entirely because he has an…

— Edgar Snow

“During Mao’s era, the Chinese people were absolutely controlled by the Communist Party that decided food and accommodation, education and employment, what to think…

— Zoë S. Roy

“He was never more than an armchair philosopher, unwilling to deal with the real world. He was happy to live in a capitalist society…

— Yeng Pway Ngon

“Value your life. Your life was not made in China”

— Tony Kay, Motivational speaker

“If Xi personally accepts Maoism, we should not be surprised he believes his Maoist campaign is popular across Chinese society. “Today’s Chinese leadership—under pressure…

— Gordon Chang

“Let the past serve the present, let foreign things serve China,” said that famous servant of the people Mao Zedong.”

— Gordon G. Chang

“From the point of view of the Chinese Communist Party, the greatest casualties of the Cultural Revolution were the Party’s prestige and its ability…

— Nien Cheng

“The important point, and the crux of the Mao heresy, is that the rural peasant is the base of power. This is a rural,…

— J.C. Wylie

“Apparently foreigners were not welcome, or Parisians thought they were superior to all other peoples of the earth. I”

— Paulo Coelho