Constant Quote by Jung 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

Do not suppose, first of all, that Mao Tse-tung could be the "saviour" of China. Nonsense. There will never be one "saviour" of China.…

— Edgar Snow

Mao appears to be quite free from symptoms of megalomania, but he has a deep sense of personal dignity, and something about him suggests…

— Edgar Snow

The Chinese seemed to be mourning Mao in a heartfelt fashion. But I wondered how many of their tears were genuine. People had practiced…

— Jung Chang

“Mao has never accepted the failure of the "Great Leap". As one of the texts reproduced below demonstrates, he would have preferred to see…

— Simon Leys

I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.

— Ferdinand Marcos

We were for Mao, but when we saw the films he was making, they were bad. So we understood that there was necessarily something…

— Jean-Luc Godard

I had been a Maoist, and then when the Gang of Four was overthrown, I was completely distraught. I was bedridden for three weeks;…

— Norman Finkelstein

Mao Zedong's way was to make people crazy. It was like a religious cult.

— Li Lu

“Some believe his political vulnerabilities have not only driven him into the arms of Mao but also the clutches of the country’s generals and…

— Gordon Chang

We must make a clear distinction between the nature of Chairman Mao's mistakes and the crimes of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four.…

— Deng Xiaoping