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Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — Mao Zedong · 1938Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. — Mao Zedong · 1938Revolution2 quotes
A revolution is not the same as inviting people to dinner, or writing an essay, or painting a picture... A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another. — Mao Zedong · 1927Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy, and creates dissension. — Mao Zedong · 1937Authoritarianism1 quote
Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy, and creates dissension. — Mao Zedong · 1937Battle of ideas1 quote
The policy of letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is designed to promote the flourishing of the arts and the progress of science; it is designed to enable a socialist culture to thrive in our land. — Mao Zedong · 1957Chinese communism1 quote
Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting progress in the arts and the sciences and a flourishing socialist culture in our land. — Mao Zedong · 1957Liberalism1 quote
Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy, and creates dissension. — Mao Zedong · 1937Nuclear weapons1 quote
The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't... All reactionaries are paper tigers. — Mao Zedong · 1946Political intolerance1 quote
Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy, and creates dissension. — Mao Zedong · 1937Political theory1 quote
Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — Mao Zedong · 1938Power1 quote
Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — Mao Zedong · 1938War1 quote
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. — Mao Zedong · 1938