Mao Zedong - Wikiquote Mao Zedong Let a hundred flowers bloom: let a hundred schools of thought contend. All reactionaries are paper tigers. Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed. One cannot advance without mistakes... It is necessary to make mistakes. The party cannot be educated without learning from mistakes. Mao Zedong (or Mao Tse-tung in Wade-Giles ; Simplified Chinese : 毛泽东; Traditional Chinese : 毛澤東; December 26 , 1893 – September 9 , 1976 ) was the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1943 until his death. He was also a founder of the People's Republic of China . Contents Quotes[ edit ] Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party. The "Cabinet meeting" of the Chinese government is really quick in yielding. Even the fart of foreigners can be taken as "fragrance." The Cabinet meeting lifts the cotton export ban because foreigners want cotton; it orders "all provinces to stop collecting the cigarette tax" because foreigners want to import cigarettes.

Let the 400 million compatriots again think it over: Isn't it correct to say that the Chinese government is the bookkeeper of foreigners? "Cigarette Tax," Hsiang-Tao Chou-Pao, no. 38, August 29, 1923, in Collected Works of Mao Tse-Tung (1917-1949) , vol. 1 (United States Joint Publications Research Service, 1978), 48. 江山如此多娇，引无数英雄竞折腰。惜秦皇汉武，略输文采；唐宗宋祖，稍逊风骚。一代天骄，成吉思汗，只识弯弓射大雕。俱往矣，数风流人物，还看今朝。 The country is so beautiful, where so many heroes had devoted their lives into it. Sorry that the Qin Emperor or the Han Wu Emperor lacks a sense for literacy; while the founders of the Tang and Song dynasties came short in style. 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.

Qinyuanchun - Snow (沁园春•雪) (1936) Many people think it impossible for guerrillas to exist for long in the enemy's rear. Such a belief reveals lack of comprehension of the relationship that should exist between the people and the troops. The former may be likened to water the latter to the fish who inhabit it. How may it be said that these two cannot exist together? On Guerilla Warfare (1937), Chapter 6 - "The Political Problems of Guerilla Warfare" This is usually aphorized as "The people are the sea that the revolutionary swims in," or an equivalent. Marxism comprises many principles, but in the final analysis they can all be brought back to a single sentence: it is right to rebel. Speech marking the 60th birthday of Stalin (20 December 1939), later revised as "It is right to rebel against reactionaries." "You are dictatorial." My dear sirs, you are right, that is just what we are.

All the experience the Chinese people have accumulated through several decades teaches us to enforce the people's democratic dictatorship, that is, to deprive the reactionaries of the right to speak and let the people alone have that right. The People's Democratic Dictatorship , speech (30 June 1949) commemorating the 28th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party 斯大林是我们最伟大的慈父与导师，我谨以中国人民和中国共产党的名义庆祝斯大林同志的七十寿辰，祝福他的健康与长寿！全世界工人阶级和国际共产主义运动的领袖——伟大的斯大林万岁！ ——1949年12月21日毛在莫斯科庆祝斯大林70岁生日大会上的讲话。 Stalin is our greatest father and teacher. In the name of Chinese people and Chinese Communist Party, we celebrate comrade Stalin's seventy birthday. May he be in the best health and live a long life! Leader of both the world's working class and Communist Internationale — Ten thousand years of life to Stalin! Speech on the seventieth birthday of Stalin (21 December 1949) Stalin made mistakes.

He made mistakes towards us, for example, in 1927. He made mistakes towards the Yugoslavs too. One cannot advance without mistakes... It is necessary to make mistakes. The party cannot be educated without learning from mistakes. This has great significance. Said to Enver Hoxha , on his visit to China in 1956, as quoted in Hoxha's (1986) The Artful Albanian, (Chatto & Windus, London), ISBN 0701129700 Ours is a people's democratic dictatorship, led by the working class and based on the worker-peasant alliance. On the Correct Handling of Contradiction (1957) 百花齐放，百家争鸣 ( Simplified Chinese ), 百花齊放，百家爭鳴 ( Traditional Chinese ), bǎihuāqífàng, bǎijiāzhēngmíng ( Pinyin ) "Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend" is the policy for promoting progress in the arts and the sciences and a flourishing socialist culture in our land.

Slogan used at the start of the Hundred Flowers Campaign of open criticism of the communist government that began in late 1956 and ended in July 1957. There are a lot of things we can learn from the Soviet Union. Naturally, we should learn from its advanced and not its backward experience. The slogan we have advocated all along is to draw on the advanced Soviet experience. Who told you to pick up its backward experience? Some people are so undiscriminating that they say a Russian fart is fragrant. That too is subjectivism. The Russians themselves say it stinks. Therefore, we should be analytical. Strengthen Party Unity and Carry Forward Party Traditions , (30 August 1956) Criticisms from democratic personages can be of only two kinds, those that are wrong and those that are not. Criticisms that are not wrong can help remedy our shortcomings while wrong ones must be refuted. As for such types as Liang Shu-ming, Peng Yi-hu and Chang Nai-chi, if they want to fart, let them.

That will be to our advantage, for everybody can judge whether the smell is good or foul, and through discussion the majority can be won over and these types isolated. Talk at a Conference of Secretaries of Provincial, Municipal and Autonomous Region Party Committees (27 January 1957) 假如办十件事，九件是坏的，都登在报上，一定灭亡。那我就走，到农村去，率领农民推翻政府，你解放军不跟我走，我就找红军去。【在庐山会议上的讲话（１９５９年７月２３日）】 If we did ten things, nine were bad and got disclosed by the newspapers, we will be over. Then I will go, to the countryside, lead the peasant and revolt. If the Liberation Army do not follow me, I will get the Red Army. (July 23, 1959) Speech at the Lushan Conference (23 July 1959) The chaos caused was on a grand scale and I take responsibility. Comrades, you must all analyse your own responsibility. If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Swimming advice to physician Zhisui Li (1966), quoted in The TIME 100 (13 April 1998) All the rest of the world uses the word "electricity." They've borrowed the word from English. But we Chinese have our own word for it! Quoted in Khrushchev Remembers (1970), p. 474 Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed. On Protracted War, May 1938, from 'Mao's Selected Works, Vol. II', Section 64 pg. 153 People who try to commit suicide — don't attempt to save them! . . . China is such a populous nation, it is not as if we cannot do without a few people. As quoted in Mao's Last Revolution (2006) by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals, ISBN 0674023323 My closest friend and brother – this world is lucky to have a great personality as Kim Il Sung. This causes my boundless happiness.

The fate of the world revolution and the international communist movement are on your shoulders, Comrade Kim Il Sung. I wish you long life and good health. As quoted by the Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK (論國民黨) 有很多的頑固分子，他們是頑固專門學校畢業的。他們今天頑固，明天頑固，後天還是頑固。什麼叫頑固？固者硬也，頑者，今天、明天、後天都不進步之謂也。這樣的人，就叫做頑固分子。要使這樣的頑固分子聽我們的話，不是一件容易的事情。 (Referring to the Kuomintang ) There are many stubborn elements, graduates in the speciality schools of stubbornness. They are stubborn today, they will be stubborn tomorrow, and they will be stubborn the day after tomorrow. What is stubbornness (wan gu)? "Gu" is to be stiff. "Wan" is to not progress: not today, nor tomorrow, nor the day after tomorrow. People like that are called the "stubborn elements". It is not an easy thing to make the stubborn elements listen to our words.

我这个人是被许多人恨的，特别是彭德怀同志，他是恨死了我的；不恨死了，也有若干恨。我跟彭德怀同志的政策是这样的：『人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。』过去跟我兄弟也是这样。 庐山会议实录 I am hated by many, especially comrade Pang Dehuai, his hatred is so intense that he wished me dead. My policy with Pang Dehuai is such: You don't touch me, I don't touch you; You touch me, I touch you. Even though we were once like brothers, it doesn't change a thing. Strategically we should despise all our enemies, while tactically we should take them all seriously. Speech in Moscow at the meeting of Communist and Workers Parties of Socialist Countries (18 November 1957) 我们需要的是热烈而镇定的情绪，紧张而有秩序的工作。 "Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War" , (December 1936), Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 211.

Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (The Little Red Book)[ edit ] Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. 凡是敵人反對的，我們就要擁護；凡是敵人擁護的，我們就要反對。 We should support whatever our enemies oppose and oppose whatever our enemies support. Chapter 2 , originally published in Interview with Three Correspondents from the Central News Agency, the Sao Tang Pao and the Hsin Min Pao (September 16, 1939), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 272. 谁是我们的敌人？谁是我们的朋友？这个问题是革命的首要问题。 Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution. Chapter 2 , originally published in Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society (March 1926), Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 1.

革命不是請客吃飯，不是做文章，不是繪畫繡花，不能那樣雅致，那樣從容不迫，文質彬彬，那樣溫良恭儉讓。革命是暴動，是一個階級推翻一個階級的暴烈的行動。 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 act of violence by which one class overthrows another. [1] . 湖南農民運動考察報告 枪杆子里面出政权 Every Communist must grasp the truth: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Chapter 5 , originally published in Problems of War and Strategy (November 6, 1938), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 224. 一切反动派都是纸老虎。看起来反动派的样子是可怕的，但是实际上并没有什么了不起的力量。从长远的观点看问题，真正强大的力量不是属于反动派，而是属于人民。 All reactionaries are paper tigers.

In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are not so powerful. From a long-term point of view, it is not the reactionaries but the people who are really powerful. Chapter 6 , originally published in Talk with the American Correspondent Anna Louise Strong (August 1946), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 100. The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them. 美国垄断资本集团如果坚持推行它的侵略政策和战争政策，势必有一天要被全世界人民处以刑。其他美国帮凶也将是这样。 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. Chapter 6 , originally published in Speech at the Supreme State Conference (September 8, 1958). 革命战争是群众的战争，只有动员群众才能进行战争，只有依靠群众才能进行战争。 The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them.

Chapter 8 , originally published in Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work (January 27, 1934), Selected Works, Vol. I. p. 147. 没有一个人民的军队，便没有人民的一切。 Without a People's army, the people have nothing. Chapter 9 , originally published in On Coalition Government (April 24, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, pp. 296-97. 我们的原则是党指挥枪，而决不容许枪指挥党。 Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party. Chapter 9 , originally published in the Problems of War and Strategy (November 6, 1938), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 224. Recently there has been a falling off in ideological and political work among students and intellectuals, and some unhealthy tendencies have appeared. Some people seem to think that there is no longer any need to concern oneself with politics or with the future of the motherland and the ideals of mankind.

It seems as if Marxism was once all the rage but is currently not so much in fashion. To counter these tendencies, we must strengthen our ideological and political work. Both students and intellectuals should study hard. In addition to the study of their specialized subjects, they must make progress both ideologically and politically, which means that they should study Marxism, current events and politics. Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul [...] All departments and organizations should shoulder their responsibilities in ideological and political work. This applies to the Communist Party, the Youth League, government departments in charge of this work, and especially to heads of educational institutions and teachers. Chapter 12 ; originally published in "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People" (27 February 1957), 1st pocket ed., pp. 43-44 下定决心，不怕牺牲，排除万难，去争取胜利。 Be resolute, fear no sacrifice and surmount every difficulty to win victory. Chapter 19 ; originally published in The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains (June 11, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 321.

革命的集体组织中的自由主义是十分有害的。它是一种腐蚀剂，使团结涣散，关系松懈，工作消极，意见分歧。它使革命队伍失掉严密的组织和纪律，政策不能贯彻到底，党的组织和党所领导的群众发生隔离。这是一种严重的恶劣倾向。 Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is a corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy and creates dissension. It robs the revolutionary ranks of compact organization and strict discipline, prevents policies from being carried through and alienates the Party organizations from the masses which the Party leads. It is an extremely bad tendency. Chapter 24 , originally published in "Combat Liberalism" (7 September 1937), Selected Works, Vol. II, pp.

31-32 要使文艺很好地成为整个革命机器的一个组成部分，作为团结人民、教育人民、打击敌人、消灭敌人的有力的武器，帮助人民同心同德地和敌人作斗争。 [Our purpose is] to ensure that literature and art fit well into the whole revolutionary machine as a component part, that they operate as powerful weapons for uniting and educating the people and for attacking and destroying the enemy, and that they help the people fight the enemy with one heart and one mind. Chapter 32 , originally published in Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art (May 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 84. 天下大乱，形势大好。 There is great chaos under heaven; the situation is excellent. See e.g. Nigel Holden, Snejina Michailova, Susanne Tietze (editors). The Routledge Companion to Cross-Cultural Management. Routledge 2015. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. - Mao Zedong - BrainyQuote Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Find on Amazon: Mao Zedong Cite this Page: Citation CRIME, GUNS, AND VIDEOTAPE: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." Clicking on the kitty will refresh the page to the very latest articles. Sunday, December 13, 2009 "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." Mao Zedong made this famous quote in a 1938 publication. This was part of a larger statement that discussed public gun ownership as a hindrance to the world’s Communist Revolutions. One thing for sure Communist and Socialist governments all love to use their guns liberally on their own citizens. Everywhere there has ever been a Communist or Socialist flag waiving there’s been a holocaust. For some reason world history only seems to recognize the Nazi Holocaust and nearly ignores the hundreds of millions murdered in places like China, Cambodia, Cuba, Russia, East Germany, Romania and every Eastern European country. Communists uniformly slaughter civilians for political or trivial reasons. Socialism, National Socialism, and Communism all share the same concepts of wealth redistribution, the need for absolute power within the government and the violent elimination of those citizens that dare demand freedom.

The Barack Obama Administration is rampant with proud Marxists. The other administration members are either too shy to admit their leanings other than to be openly sympathetic to Communist teachings. Obama himself must be judged by his continuing Leftist actions. Obama’s obvious concerted effort is to collapse our economy and destroy our currency to weaken America for the Communist Revolution that he’s started. The photograph at the top is from a recent mass execution of counter-revolutionaries and some who’s defied Communist tax laws. If Americans can’t recognize the danger and take immediate prophylactic action it may well be you or someone you love murdered by the government. We can’t allow Barack Obama or any politician to destroy our freedoms and way of life. Posted by Mao Zedong on War and Revolution | Asia for Educators | Columbia University Mao Zedong on War and Revolution A revolution is commonly understood to be an event which seeks to overthrow one political order in society and replace it with another. In China, Mao Zedong (1893-1976) wanted to overthrow the rule of the Guomindang (or KMT) and establish a new communist political order under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.

As demonstrated by the following quotations, Mao believed that violence and support from the masses were necessary for the achievement of a peaceful communist order. One of the most critical challenges faced by Mao in this regard was establishing strong military support for the revolution while simultaneously preventing the armed forces from becoming too powerful. Mao's concerns are reflected in the last two quotations; while arguing that political power cannot be achieved without resorting to the use of force, ("Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" — the gun being a metaphor for the military), Mao also believed that the party must always remain in ultimate political control of the nation in order for peace and prosperity to be achieved ("...the gun must never be allowed to command the Party"). Quotations from Mao Zedong on War and Revolution 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 act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

— From Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them. — From Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states, or political groups, and it has existed ever since the emergence of private property and of classes. — From Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War Every Communist must grasp the truth, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — From Problems of War and Strategy Our Principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party. — From Problems of War and Strategy Quotations from Mao Tse Tung — Chapter 5 Quotations from Mao Tse Tung 5. War and Peace War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states, or political groups, and it has existed ever since the emergence of private property and of classes.

"Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War" (December 1936), Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 180. "War is the continuation of politics." In this sense, war is politics and war itself is a political action; since ancient times there has never been a war that did not have a political character.... However, war has its own particular characteristics and in this sense, it cannot be equated with politics in general. "War is the continuation of politics by other . . . means." When politics develops to a certain stage beyond which it cannot proceed by the usual means, war breaks out to sweep the obstacles from the way.... When the obstacle is removed and our political aim attained the war will stop. Nevertheless, if the obstacle is not completely swept away, the war will have to continue until the aim is fully accomplished.... It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. "On Protracted War" (May 1938), Selected Works, Vol. II, pp. 152-53 * History shows that wars are divided into two kinds, just and unjust.

All wars that are progressive are just, and all wars that impede progress are unjust. We Communists oppose all unjust wars that impede progress, but we do not oppose progressive, just wars. Not only do we Communists not oppose just wars; we actively participate in them. As for unjust wars, World War I is an instance in which both sides fought for imperialist interests; therefore, the Communists of the whole world firmly opposed that war. The way to oppose a war of this kind is to do everything possible to prevent it before it breaks out and, once it breaks out, to oppose war with war, to oppose unjust war with just war, whenever possible. Ibid., p. 150. Revolutions and revolutionary wars are inevitable in class society, and without them it is impossible to accomplish any leap in social development and to overthrow the reactionary ruling classes and therefore impossible for the people to win political power. "On Contradiction" (August1937), Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 344.* Revolutionary war is an antitoxin that not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth.

Every just, revolutionary war is endowed with tremendous power and can transform many things or clear the way for their transformation. The Sino-Japanese war will transform both China and Japan; provided China perseveres in the War of Resistance and in the united front, the old Japan will surely be transformed into a new Japan and the old China into a new China, and people and everything else in both China and Japan will be transformed during and after the war. "On Protracted War" (May 1938), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 131.* Every Communist must grasp the truth; "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." "Problems of War and Strategy" (November 6, 1938), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 224. The seizure of power by armed force, the settlement of the issue by war, is the central task and the highest form of revolution. This Marxist-Leninist principle of revolution holds well universally, for China and for all other countries. Ibid. p. 219.

Without armed struggle neither the proletariat, nor the people, nor the Communist Party would have any standing at all in China and it would be impossible for the revolution to triumph. In these years [the eighteen years since the founding of the Party] the development, consolidation and bolshevization of our Party have proceeded in the midst of revolutionary wars; without armed struggle the Communist Party would assuredly not be what it is today. Comrades throughout the Party must never forget this experience for which we have paid in blood. "Introducing The Communist" (October 4, 1939), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 292.* According to the Marxist theory of the state, the army is the chief component of state power. Whoever wants to seize and retain state power must have a strong army. Some people ridicule us as advocates of the "omnipotence of war". Yes, we are advocates of the omnipotence of revolutionary war; that is good, not bad, it is Marxist. The guns of the Russian Communist Party created socialism. We shall create a democratic republic.

Experience in the class struggle in the era of imperialism teaches us that it is only by the power of the gun that the working class and the laboring masses can defeat the armed bourgeoisie and landlords; in this sense we may say that only with guns can the whole world be transformed. "Problems of War and Strategy" (November 6, 1938), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 225. We are advocates of the abolition of war, we do not want war; but war can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun. Ibid. War, this monster of mutual slaughter among men, will be finally eliminated by the progress of human society, and in the not too distant future too. But there is only one way to eliminate it and that is to oppose war with war, to oppose counterrevolutionary war with revolutionary war, to oppose national counter-revolutionary war with national revolutionary war, and to oppose counter-revolutionary class war with revolutionary class war....

When human society advances to the point where classes and states are eliminated, there will be no more wars, counter-revolutionary or revolutionary, unjust or just; that will be the era of perpetual peace for mankind. Our study of the laws of revolutionary war springs from the desire to eliminate all wars. Herein, lies the distinction between us Communists and all the exploiting classes. "Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War" (December 1936), Selected Works, Vol. I, pp. 182-83. Our country and all the other socialist countries want peace; so do the peoples of all the countries of the world. The only ones who crave war and do not want peace are certain monopoly capitalist groups in a handful of imperialist countries that depend on aggression for their profits. "Opening Address at the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China" (September 15, 1956). To achieve a lasting world peace, we must further develop our friendship and co-operation with the fraternal countries in the socialist camp and strengthen our solidarity with all peace-loving countries.

We must endeavor to establish normal diplomatic relations, based on mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty and of equality and mutual benefit, with all countries willing to live together with us in peace. We must give active support to the national independence and liberation movement in countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America as well as to the peace movement and to just struggles in all the countries of the world. Ibid. As for the imperialist countries, we should unite with their peoples and strive to coexist peacefully with those countries, do business with them and prevent any possible war, but under no circumstances should we harbour any unrealistic notions about them. On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People (February 27, 1957), 1st pocket ed., p. 75. We desire peace. However, if imperialism insists on fighting a war, we will have no alternative but to take the firm resolution to fight to the finish before going ahead with our construction. If you are afraid of war day in day out, what will you do if war eventually comes? First, I said that the East Wind is prevailing over the West Wind and war will not break out, and now I have added these explanations about the situation in case war should break out.

Both possibilities have thus been taken into account. Speech at the Moscow Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (November 18, 1957), quoted in "Statement by the Spokesman of the Chinese Government" (September 1, 1963).* People all over the world are now discussing whether a third world war will break out. On this question, too, we must be mentally prepared and do some analysis. We stand firmly for peace and against war. However, if the imperialists insist on unleashing another war, we should not be afraid of it. Our attitude on this question is the same as our attitude towards any disturbance: first, we are against it; second, we are not afraid of it. The First World War was followed by the birth of the Soviet Union with a population of 200 million. The Second World War was followed by the emergence of the socialist camp with a combined population of 900 million. If the imperialists insist on launching a third world war, it is certain that several hundred million more will turn to socialism, and then there will not be much room left on earth for the imperialists; it is also likely that the whole structure of imperialism will utterly collapse.

On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People (February 27, 1957), 1st pocket ed., pp. 67-68. Make trouble, fail, make trouble again, fail again . . . until their doom- that is the logic of the imperialists and all reactionaries the world over in dealing with the people's cause and they will never go against this logic. This is a Marxist law. When we say "imperialism is ferocious", we mean that its nature will never change, that the imperialists will never lay down their butcher knives, that they will never become Buddhas, till their doom. Fight, fail, fight again, fail again, fight again . . . until their victory; that is the logic of the people, and they too will never go against this logic. This is another Marxist law. The Russian people's revolution followed this law, and so has the Chinese people's revolution. "Cast Away Illusions, Prepare for Struggle" (August 14, 1949), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 428.

Just because we have won victory, we must never relax our vigilance against the frenzied plots for revenge by the imperialists and their running dogs. Whoever relaxes vigilance will disarm himself politically and land himself in a passive position. "Address to the Preparatory Committee of the New Political Consultative Conference" (June 15, 1949), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 407. The imperialists and their running dogs, the Chinese reactionaries, will not resign themselves to defeat in this land of China. They will continue to gang up against the Chinese people in every possible way. For example, they will smuggle their agents into China to sow dissension and make trouble. That is certain; they will never neglect these activities. To take another example, the imperialists will incite the Chinese reactionaries, and even throw in their own forces, to blockade China's ports. They will do this as long as it is possible. Furthermore, if they still hanker after adventures, they will send some of their troops to invade and harass frontiers of China; this, too, is not impossible. All this we must take fully into account.

Ibid.* The world is progressing, the future is bright and no one can change this general trend of history. We should carry on constant propaganda among the people on the facts of world progress and the bright future ahead so that they will build their confidence in victory. "On the Chungking Negotiations" (October 17, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. IV. p. 59. The commanders and fighters of the entire Chinese People's Liberation Army absolutely must not relax in the least their will to fight; any thinking that relaxes the will to fight and belittles the enemy is wrong. "Report to the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China" (March 5, 1949), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 361. Plain Truth: Political Power Sunday, January 20, 2013 Political Power Years ago, Chairman Mao said, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." Which translates to mean: Political power is ultimately based on force. The more guns you have the stronger you are, and the less people fuck with you.

(Or object to your rule.) Even before this, the Nazis figured out that military force was the ultimate arbiter of history... Why discuss anything when you can let your Panzers and Stukas do your talking for you? Both Chairman Mao, and the Nazis, were not inventing anything new - they were just studying the way History works and making comments on how it could work for them... When we look at History: Libya, Afganistan, Iraq, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, etc., It sure looks like the theory of Force is working for the United States. If you don't like what someone is doing, you just roll in and crush them. Of course, you probably should make up some plausible reason for doing so, like, "Hey, we're bringing them 'freedom' and 'democracy'..." That's what Stalin did. It doesn't really matter how much money you have, or how smart you are, as long as you have the means, and the desire, to brutally crush the opposition... The wealthy, and the intelligentsia will always fall in line - or else you kill them! Don't get on your high-horse, everybody is out to eliminate the opposition.

It's the way humans do business. Competition ultimately means that somebody is going to 'go down' - it's either them or us! The problem is, that 'civilization' has a way of making people weak and decadent, and in a dog-eat-dog world this is not a good thing... The day comes when you say, "I'm not going to risk everything - let somebody else do it!" So, then you start hiring other people to be your 'muscle'. You create a 'professional' class (read mercenary) of fighters and policemen, politicians and teachers, doctors and lawyers, managers and thinkers - and you quit taking part in society, and in being responsible for its actions. You 'pay' someone else to do what you're supposed to do... so you can have more time to play video games, and to jack-off. Speaking of masturbation, while we were jacking-off foreigners were brought into the United States to do our jobs. They were cheaper, worked harder, and didn't complain. They did as they were told. They didn't jack-off - they were too busy fucking!

Now, if you look around, you will notice that Black Americans are being pushed out of the Ghetto, and more advertisements are written in Spanish. If you listen, you will hear, "Press one for English..." Oh, how the 'right-wing' complains... It's another form of jacking-off. After all, it was their masters (the Corporate Capitalists) who brought all this to pass... What do they need Negroes and stupid 'red necks' for? They can bring in the best the world has to offer and hire them for less than some fat, stupid and lazy American. The Truth hurts. A little history for you 'tea baggers': Ronald Reagan's speech, A Generation Lost to Drugs... "We will bring in able men and women, from far away lands, yearning to be free, to replace the 'lost generation' of American youth..." "Mi casa es su casa..." "Americans don't want, or need these menial jobs..." (canned laughter) It's the I Love Lucy Show! We have this bloated military... that uses up -at least- sixty percent of our budget. So that we can put Mao and Hitler's theories to work in the world.

And, we can't stand it when some kid gets a free breakfast at school, or a baby gets some Government milk... In other words, we are not only fat, lazy and stupid - we are also UGLY. Hey, ugly people shouldn't breed! And, we don't. We are too busy jacking-off! In closing, let me lay this gem on you: Political power grows out of the barrel of a penis! Quit jacking-off, and start taking care of business! Posted by Mike X at

Question: Who said 'Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun'?
Answer: Mao-Tse-Tung