Mao Zedong Quotes
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
To read too many books is harmful.
Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
The Chinese people have stood up!
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Every Communist must grasp the truth, ‘Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.’
The only real defense is active defense.
Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.
A revolution is not a dinner party.
Action is the most important source of knowledge.
To rebel is justified.
No investigation, no right to speak.
Women hold up half the sky.
It’s always darkest before it’s totally black.
The masses are the real heroes, while we ourselves are often childish and ignorant.
The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.
An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
With guns, you can kill terrorists. With education, you can kill terrorism.
We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.
Mao Zedong Quotes part 2
To be attacked by the enemy is not a bad thing but a good thing.
Wherever there is struggle, there is sacrifice.
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself.
Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.
The foolish old man who moved the mountains.
Seek truth from facts.
Study hard and make progress every day.
Political power grows out of the sound of boots.
Political work is the lifeblood of all economic work.
The stronger our economy, the stronger our military.
Toilet paper is the modern equivalent of the guerrilla fighter’s bullets.
Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul.
A revolution is not a dinner party.
The most important thing when ill is to never lose heart.
Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole.
There is great chaos under heaven – the situation is excellent.
Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
Man must conquer nature.
Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land.
All our cadres must always be teachers, and all our comrades must always be students.
There is no calmer place under the heavens.
When a man takes a step to the divine, something divine opens a way to him.
A single spark can start a prairie fire.
Rebellion is justified when people are oppressed.
Without a people’s army, the people have nothing.
When you are in a war zone, or stapling together your newspaper, there is a beautiful sunrise every 15 minutes.
Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
Democracy is a good thing, but socialism is the root of our progress.
Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
