Quotes by Mao Tse-Tung

“Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.”

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

“Learn from the masses, and then teach them”

“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”

“Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.”

“Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts”

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

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

“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.”

“Women hold up half the sky”

“The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue”

“In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements”

“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.”

“Let one thousand flowers bloom”

“The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship”

“We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting”

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

“People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.”

“All reactionaries are paper tigers.”

“Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting progress in the arts and sciences and a flourishing socialist culture in our land”