The people are like water and the army is like fish. Mao Zedong More Quotes by Mao Zedong More Quotes From Mao Zedong If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance. Mao Zedong study theory practice It's sadly predictable that the only way you can come up with a way to celebrate the liberation you feel at leaving the old system behind is by coming up with a "system of liberation", as if such a thing could exist - but that's what we can expect from those who have never known anything other than systems and systematizing, I guess. Mao Zedong anarchy leaving way There is in guerrilla warfare no such thing as a decisive battle; there is nothing comparable to the fixed, passive defense that characterizes orthodox war. Mao Zedong strategy warfare battle All counter-revolutionary wars are unjust, all revolutionary wars are just. Mao Zedong revolutionary-war unjust war The enemy will not perish of himself. Neither will the Chinese reactionaries nor the aggressive forces of U.S. imperialism in China step down from the stage of history of their own accord. Mao Zedong chinese struggle class There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants. Mao Zedong peasants tendencies serious Let the ancient serve the present, let the foreign serve the national; by developing that which has been accomplished one creates something that is new. Mao Zedong ancient accomplished has-beens The Chinese people have stood up. Mao Zedong stood-up chinese people If there were no contradictions and no struggle, there would be no world, no process, no life, and there would be nothing at all. Mao Zedong struggle would-be world Today the whole world depends on communism for its salvation, and China is no exception. Mao Zedong communication today world We are firmly convinced that private capital, Chinese as well as foreign, must be given liberal opportunities for broad development in postwar China; for China needs industrial growth. Mao Zedong chinese growth opportunity We stand for self-reliance. We hope for foreign aid but cannot be dependent on it; we depend on our own efforts, on the creative power of the whole army and the entire people. Mao Zedong army struggle self We should encourage comrades to take the interests of the whole into account. Every Party member, every branch of work, every statement and every action must proceed from the interests of the whole Party; it is absolutely impermissible to violate this principle. Mao Zedong branches party principles Peitaho Heavy rains fall on Yuyen, the northland kingdom of swallows. White pages of rain envelop the sky, and fishing boats off the Island of the Emperor Chin disappear on the ocean. Which way have they gone? More than a thousand years ago the mighty emperor Tsao Tsao cracked his whip and drove his army against the Tartars. He left us a poem: "Let us move east to the Stone Mountains." Today we still shiver in the autumn gale, in desolate winds, yet another man is in the world. Mao Zedong ocean rain moving It is right to rebel against reactionaries. Mao Zedong reactionaries rebel The imperialists and domestic reactionaries will certainly not take their defeat Lying down and they will struggle to the last ditch. After there is peace and order throughout the country, they will still engage in sabotage and create disturbances in various ways and will try every day and every minute to stage a comeback. This is inevitable, beyond all doubt, and under no circumstances must we relax our vigilance. Mao Zedong struggle country lying The only way to settle questions of an ideological nature or controversial issues among the people is by the democratic method, the method of discussion, of criticism, of persuasion and education, and not by the method of coercion or repression. Mao Zedong issues criticism people This army is powerful because all its members have a conscious discipline; they have come together and they fight not for the private interests of a few individuals or a narrow clique, but for the interests of the broad masses and of the whole nation. The sole purpose of this army is to stand firmly with the Chinese people and to serve them whole-heartedly. Mao Zedong army powerful fighting ...it is impossible for a genuine people's revolution in any country to win victory without various forms of help from the international revolutionary forces. Mao Zedong communication winning country Be pupils of the masses as well as their teachers. Mao Zedong pupils communism teacher
