Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung, also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he ruled as an autocrat styled the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949, until his death in 1976. His Marxist–Leninist theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Maoism or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth26 December 1893
CountryChina
Today the whole world depends on communism for its salvation, and China is no exception.
Once all struggles are grasped, miracles are possible.
If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it.
Our national defense will be consolidated and no imperialist will be allowed to invade our territory again. Our People's armed forces must be maintained and developed with the brave and steeled People's Liberation Army as their foundation. We will have not only a powerful army but also a powerful air force and a powerful navy.
The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.
Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party.
In addition to the leadership of the Party, a decisive factor is our population of 600 million. More people mean a greater ferment of ideas, more enthusiasm and more energy. Never before have the masses of the people been so inspired, so militant and so daring as at present.
Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.
Revolutionary war is an antitoxin which not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth.
Napoleon was the best method. Dissolved all representative institutions and it decided who should rule the state with him.
The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them.
There is in guerilla warfare no such thing as a decisive battle.
All counter-revolutionary wars are unjust, all revolutionary wars are just.