"People say that poverty is bad, but in……" — Mao Zedong
"People say that poverty is bad, but in fact poverty is good. The poorer people are, the more revolutionary they are. It is dreadful to imagine a time when everyone will be rich... From a surplus of calories people will have two heads and four legs."
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232 Quotes by Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong has 232 quotes on this site.
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Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. They come from social practice, and from…
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Winds flap the sail, tortoise and snake are silent, a great plan looms. A bridge will fly over this moat…
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Without a People's army, the people have nothing.
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This army is powerful because all its members have a conscious discipline; they have come together and they fight not…
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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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We have an army for fighting as well as an army for labour. For fighting, we have the Eighth Route…
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Our national defense will be consolidated and no imperialist will be allowed to invade our territory again. Our People's armed…
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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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All our officers and fighters must always bear in mind that we are the great People's Liberation Army, we are…
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In class society everyone lives as a member of a particular class, and every kind of thinking, without exception, is…
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The question is not whether or not there should be a cult of the individual, but rather whether or not…
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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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