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Mao Zedong Quotes
Quotes by Mao Zedong
Chinese Communist
leader
Led the People's Republic of China from its establishment in 1949 until
his death in 1976
Political Tyranny
"To
read too many books is harmful."
"Politics is war without bloodshed
while war is politics with bloodshed."
"People of the world, unite and defeat the U.S.
aggressors and all their running dogs!"
"Every Communist must grasp the truth, "Political
power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
Our principle is that the Party commands
the gun and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party."
"The socialist system will eventually
replace the capitalist system; this is the objective law independent of
man's will."
"But when it moves to the peaceful
years I hate it. Not because I love chaos but because a time of peace
is not good for the development of the people."
"We must have faith in the masses
and we must have faith in the Party. These are two cardinal principles.
If we doubt these principles, we shall accomplish nothing."
"We are advocates of the abolition
of war, we do not want war; but war can only be abolished through war,
and in order to get rid of the gun, it is necessary to take up the 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 theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.
All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience."
"If the U.S. monopoly capitalist
groups persist in pushing their policies of aggression and war, the day
is bound to come when they will be hanged by the people of the whole world.
The same fate awaits the accomplices of the United States."
"Our army has always had two
policies. First, we must be ruthless to our enemies, we must overpower
and annihilate them. Second, we must be kind to our own, to the people,
to our comrades and to our superiors and subordinates, and unite with
them."
"Apart from their other characteristics,
the outstanding thing about China's 600 million people is that they are
"poor and blank." This may seem to be a bad thing, but in reality it is
a good thing. Poverty gives rise to the desire for change, 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 picture can be painted."
Compiled by Thomas George
editor@Liberty-vs-Tyranny.com/
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