Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)
Founder of the People's Republic of China
Lived: 1893-1976
"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 (Tse-tung)
"When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires,
strike; when he retreats, pursue."
- Chairman Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)
"Be resolute, fear no sacrifice, and surmount every difficulty to win victory."
- Chairman Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)
