Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse tung Quotes

“The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the U.S. reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't. Of course, the atom bomb is a weapon of mass slaughter, but the outcome of a war is decided by the people, not by one or two...”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

topic:warpeople

“Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

topic:learning

“Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul.”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

topic:soulpolitics

“There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics.”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

topic:politicsartindependence

“We should support whatever the enemy opposes and oppose whatever the enemy supports.”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

topic:enemy

“There is a serious tendency towards capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

topic:wealth

“Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history, such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

topic:history

“The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

topic:historypeople

“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an...”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

topic:violence

“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 socialist culture in our land.”

― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

topic:progress