Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Quote by Mao Tse-Tung

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The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.

The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.

Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man...

Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man...

Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.

Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the...

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the...

Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.

Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.

In waking a tiger, use a long stick.

In waking a tiger, use a long stick.

The world is yours, as well as ours, but in the last analysis, it is...

The world is yours, as well as ours, but in the last analysis, it is...

All reactionaries are paper tigers.

All reactionaries are paper tigers.

In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.

In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.

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

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

Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to...

Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to...

There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands...

There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands...

Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.

Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks...

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks...

The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.

The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.

Learn from the masses, and then teach them.

Learn from the masses, and then teach them.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Talk politics, talk about study and talk positively.

Talk politics, talk about study and talk positively.

In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.

In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.

Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are...

Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are...

Understand that all battles are waged on an unconscious level before they are begun on...

Understand that all battles are waged on an unconscious level before they are begun on...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.

Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.