Quotations From Chairman Mao – Mao Zedong Sayings

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Here is a collection of sayings and quotations from Chairman Mao. Mao Zedong, or Mao Tse-tung, was a Chinese communist revolutionary, politician and socio-political theorist.

“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.”
– Chairman Mao

“A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.”
– Chairman Mao

“An army of the people is invincible!”
– Chairman Mao

“To read too many books is harmful.”
– Chairman Mao

“Women hold up half the sky.”
– Chairman Mao

“Don’t give a child a fish but show him how to fish”
– Chairman Mao

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

“…the evil system of colonialism and imperialism arose and throve with the enslavement of Negroes and the trade in Negroes, and it will surely come to its end with the complete emancipation of the Black people.”
– Chairman Mao

“The struggle of the Black people in the United States for emancipation is a component part of the general struggle of al the people of the world against U.S. imperialism, a component part of the contemporary world revolution.”
– Chairman Mao

“I call on the workers, peasants, and revolutionary intellectuals of all countries and all who are willing to fight against U.S. imperialism to take action and extend strong support to the struggle of the Black people in the United States!”
– Chairman Mao

“People of the whole world, unite still more closely and launch a sustained and vigorous offensive against our common enemy, U.S. imperialism, and its accomplices!”
– Chairman Mao

“It can be said with certainty that the complete collapse of colonialism, imperialism, and all systems of exploitation, and the complete emancipation of all the oppressed peoples and nations of the world are not far off.”
– Chairman Mao

“In waking a tiger, use a long stick.”
– Chairman Mao

“Its always darkest before it becomes totally black.”
– Chairman Mao

“Do you want our Chinese women? We can give you ten million.”
– Chairman Mao

“In our country we have too many women, and they have a way of doing things. They give birth to children, and our children are too many.”
– Chairman Mao

“Politics is war without blood, while war is politics with blood.”
– Chairman Mao

“Firstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.”
– Chairman Mao

“The Communist party must control the guns.”
– Chairman Mao

“Under the white population of the United States of America only the reactionary classes oppress the black population. Under no circumstance can they represent the workers, farmers and revolutionary intellectuals and other enlightened people who form the majority of the white population.”
– Chairman Mao

“Political power grows out of the barrel of the gun…”
– Chairman Mao

“There are some militarists who say: ‘We are not interested in politics but only in the profession of arms.’ It is vital that these simple-minded militarists be made to realize the relationship that exists between politics and military affairs.”
– Chairman Mao

“Military action is a method used to attain a political goal. While military affairs and political affairs are not identical, it is impossible to isolate one from the other.”
– Chairman Mao

“The great man, Genghis Khan, only knew how to shoot eagles with an arrow. The past is past. To see real heroes, look around you.”
– Chairman Mao

“…this protracted war will pass through three stages. The first stage covers the period of the enemy’s strategic offensive and our strategic defensive. The second stage will be the period of the enemy’s strategic consolidation and our preparation for the counter-offensive. The third stage will be the period of our strategic counter-offensive and the enemy’s strategic retreat.”
– Chairman Mao

“I am a lone monk walking the world with a leaky umbrella.”
– Chairman Mao

“Very many members of our family have given their lives, killed by the Kuomintang and the American imperialists.”
– Chairman Mao

“You grew up eating honey, and thus far you have never known suffering. In the future, if you do not become a rightist, but rather a centrist, I shall be satisfied. You have never suffered – how can you be a leftist?”
– Chairman Mao

“If the U.S. monopoly capitalist groups persist in pushing their policies of aggression and war, the day is bound to come when they will be hanged by the people of the whole world. The same fate awaits the accomplices of the United States.”
– Chairman Mao

“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.”
– Chairman Mao

“Commandism is wrong in any type of work, because in overstepping the level of political consciousness of the masses and violating the principle of voluntary mass action it reflects the disease of impetuosity.”
– Chairman Mao

“Our comrades must not assume that everything they themselves understand is understood by the masses.”
– Chairman Mao

“Whether the masses understand it and are ready to take action can be discovered only by going into their midst and making investigations. If we do so, we can avoid commandism.”
– Chairman Mao

“Tailism in any type of work is also wrong, because in falling below the level of political consciousness of the masses and violating the principle of leading the masses forward it reflects the disease of dilatoriness.”
– Chairman Mao

“Our comrades must not assume that the masses have no understanding of what they themselves do not yet understand. It often happens that the masses outstrip us and are eager to advance a step and that nevertheless our comrades fail to act as leaders of the masses and tail behind certain backward elements, reflecting their views and, moreover, mistaking them for those of the broad masses.”
– Chairman Mao

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