Mao Zedong Quotes

Mao Zedong Quotations
Mao Zedong / Mao Tse-tung
Chinese Communist revolutionary and Founder of the People’s Republic of China
commonly referred to as Chairman Mao
Lived: 1893-1976
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Military Related Mao Zedong Quotes

“Revolutionary war is an antitoxin which not only eliminates the enemy’s poison but also purges us of our own filth.”
– Chairman Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)

“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”
– Chairman Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)

“War can only be abolished by war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun”
– Chairman Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)

“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.”
– Chairman Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)

“Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.”
– Chairman Mao Zedong (Tse-tung), 1938

“An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.”
– Chairman Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)

“The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.”
– Chairman Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)

“When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue.”
– Chairman Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)

“Be resolute, fear no sacrifice, and surmount every difficulty to win victory.”
– Chairman Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)

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