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• The first law of war is to preserve ourselves and destroy the enemy.

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  War, Law, Enemy

  Mao Tse-Tung, Zedong Mao (1961). “On Guerrilla Warfare”, p.20, University of Illinois Press

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• The government burns down whole cities while the people are forbidden to light lamps.

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  Light, Government, Cities

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• Look at World War II, at Hitler's cruelty. The more cruelty, the more enthusiasm for revolution.

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  War, Looks, World

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• People of the world, unite and defeat the U.S. aggressors and all their running dogs!

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  Running, Dog, People

  1958 Speech, Jul.

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• 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.

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  Inspirational, Life, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.

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  Military, Moving, Sea

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• The state machine, including the army, the police and the courts, is the instrument with which one class oppresses another. It is an instrument of oppression against all hostile classes; it means violence and is certainly not anything 'benevolent.' 'You are merciless.' Quite so. We definitely do not adopt a benevolent policy towards the reactionary activities of the reactionaries and the reactionary classes.

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  Communication, Mean, Army

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• Women hold up half the sky.

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  Attitude, Sky, Half

  Zedong Mao, Michael Y. M. Kau, John K. Leung (1992). “The Writings of Mao Zedong, 1949-1976: January 1956-December 1957”, p.558, M.E. Sharpe

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• In times of difficulty we must not lose sight of our achievements, must see the bright future and must pluck up our courage.

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  Struggle, Sight, Achievement

  Zedong Mao (1967). “The Thoughts of Chairman Mao Tsê-tung”

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• The spark from a tiny star can ignite the plains.

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  Stars, Chinese, Sparks

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• Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.

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  Enemy, Complacency, Study

  Zedong Mao, Stuart Schram (2015). “Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49: V. 6: New Stage (August 1937-1938): Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49”, p.539, Routledge

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• The most important thing is to be strong. With strength, one can conquer others, and to conquer others gives one virtue.

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  Strength, Strong, Giving

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• Dont give a child a fish but show him how to fish

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  Children, Giving, Fishes

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• Communists must be ready at all times to stand up for the truth, because truth is in the interests of the people; Communists must be ready at all times to correct their mistakes, because mistakes are against the interests of the people.

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  Mistake, People, Truth Is

  Zedong Mao (1972). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung”, p.270, China Books

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• Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.

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  Nature, Flower, School

  Zedong Mao (1992). “The Writings of Mao Zedong, 1949-1976: January 1956-December 1957”, p.330, M.E. Sharpe

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• Our enemies are all those in league with imperialism - the warlords, the bureaucrats, the comprador class, the big Landlord class and the reactionary section of the intelligentsia attached to them. The leading force in our revolution is the industrial proletariat. Our closest friends are the entire semi-proletariat and petty bourgeoisie. As for the vacillating middle bourgeoisie, their right wing may become our enemy and their left wing may become our friend - but we must be constantly on our guard and not let them create confusion within our ranks.

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  Struggle, Class, Wings

  "Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works".

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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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  Party, Army, Gun

  Zedong Mao, Mao Tse-Tung (1965). “Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung”, Pergamon

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• To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.

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  Problem, Solve

  Zedong Mao (1971). “Mao Tse-tung chu tso hsüan tu”

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• You can't solve a problem? Well, get down and investigate the present facts and [the problem's] past history! When you have investigated the problem thoroughly, you will know how to solve it.

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  Past, Down And, Facts

  Zedong Mao (1971). “Mao Tse-tung chu tso hsüan tu”

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• Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is a corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy and creates dissension. It robs the revolutionary ranks of compact organization and strict discipline, prevents policies from being carried through and alienates the Party organizations from the masses which the Party leads. It is an extremely bad tendency.

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  Party, Organization, Discipline

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.126, Lulu.com

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• The socialist system will eventually replace the capitalist system; this is an objective law independent of man's will. However much the reactionaries try to hold back the wheel of history, eventually revolution will take place and will inevitably triumph.

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  Independent, Men, Law

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.19, Lulu.com

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• Communists must never separate themselves from the majority of the people or neglect them by leading only a few progressive contingents in an isolated and rash advance, but must take care to forge close links between the progressive elements and the broad masses. This is what thinking in terms of the majority means.

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  Mean, Thinking, People

  Zedong Mao (1971). “Mao Tse-tung chu tso hsüan tu”

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• All the experience the Chinese people have accumulated through several decades teaches us to enforce the people's democratic dictatorship, that is, to deprive the reactionaries of the right to speak and let the people alone have that right.

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  People, Chinese, Speak

  Zedong Mao (1971). “Mao Tse-tung: An Anthology of His Writings”

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• As for the imperialist countries, we should unite with their peoples and strive to coexist peacefully with those countries, do business with them and prevent any possible war, but under no circumstances should we harbour any unrealistic notions about them.

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  Country, Peace, War

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.40, Lulu.com

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• At the beginning of anything out of the ordinary, the mass of the people always dislike it.

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  People, Ordinary, Mass

  Zedong Mao, Stuart Schram (2015). “Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49: v. 1: Pre-Marxist Period, 1912-20: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49”, p.65, Routledge

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