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
We must learn to do economic work from all who know how, no matter who they are. We must esteem them as teachers, learning from them respectfully and conscientiously. We must not pretend to know when we do not know.
Look at World War II, at Hitler's cruelty. The more cruelty, the more enthusiasm for revolution.
Women hold up half the sky.
When we look at thing, we must examine its essence and treat its appearance merely as an usher at the threshold, we must, once we cross the threshold, grasp the essence of the thing.
Whoever has an army has power, and war decides everything.
Disaster and chaos are always good
The young people are the most active and vital force in society. They are the most eager to learn and the least conservative in their thinking. This is especially so in the era of socialism.
A revolution is not a dinner party [...] A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
To read too many books is harmful.
Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.
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.
Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
Learn from the masses, and then teach them.
Communism has nothing to do with love. Communism is an excellent hammer which we use to destroy our enemy.