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Military Quotes by Mao Zedong
- Revolutionary war is an antitoxin which not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth.
- The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and…
- There are some militarists who say: ‘We are not interested in politics but only in the profession of arms.’ It is vital that these simple-minded…
- The popular masses are like water, and the army is like a fish. How then can it be said that when there is water, a…
- Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
- If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the…
- An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
- The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.
- Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
- Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things, that are decisive. The contest of strength is…
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- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible… — M H Abrams
- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
- Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
- A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
- The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. — Marcus Aurelius
- The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance,… — Charles Babbage
- Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon
- We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. — Robert Baden-Powell
- If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? — Joan Baez
- Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade. — Philip James Bailey