Mao Zedong Quotes

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.
Mao Zedong

Different, Small, Big

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.
Mao Zedong

Change, Experience, Knowledge

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
Mao Zedong

Power, Political, Gun

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.
Mao Zedong

Thought, Progress, Culture

To read too many books is harmful.
Mao Zedong

Read, Books, Harmful

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
Mao Zedong

War, Through, Gun

Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
Mao Zedong

Love, Enemy, Crush

An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
Mao Zedong

Enemy, Cannot, Defeat

Let a hundred flowers bloom.
Mao Zedong

Flowers, Bloom, Hundred

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
Mao Zedong

History, Alone, Making

Women hold up half the sky.
Mao Zedong

Women, Sky, Half

Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.
Mao Zedong

Politics, War, While

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

Sea, Fish, Move

In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.
Mao Zedong

Time, Lose, Sight

Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.
Mao Zedong

Long, May, Problem

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

Enemy, Goal, Passive

All reactionaries are paper tigers.
Mao Zedong

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

Good, Help, Training

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Mao Zedong

History, Enemy, Him

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.
Mao Zedong

Work, Woman, Place

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.
Mao Zedong

Writing, Revolution, Picture

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

Energy, Possible, Foundation

I voted for you during your last election.
Mao Zedong

Last, Election, Voted

Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
Mao Zedong

Struggle, Once, Possible

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
Mao Zedong

Politics, War, While

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Leader

Born: December 26, 1893

Died: September 9, 1976

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