Quotes By Mao Zedong

Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.

The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.

We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.

Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole.

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.

I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.

In waking a tiger, use a long stick.