"Apart from their other characteristics, the outstanding thing……" — Mao Zedong
"Apart from their other characteristics, the outstanding thing about China's 600 million people is that they are "poor and blank". This may seem a bad thing, but in reality it is a good thing. Poverty gives rise to the desire for changes the desire for action and the desire for revolution. On a blank sheet of paper free from any mark, the freshest and most beautiful characters can be written; the freshest and most beautiful pictures can be painted."
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232 Quotes by Mao Zedong
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Without a People's army, the people have nothing.
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The People's Liberation Army is always a fighting force. Even after countrywide victory, our army will remain a fighting force…
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Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party.
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If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.
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