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We stand for self-reliance. We hope for foreign aid but cannot be dependent on it; we depend on our own efforts, on the creative power of the whole army and the entire people.

We must Learn to Do Economic Work (1945)

Was born on: 26.12.1893
About Author: Chinese revolutionary, political theorist and communist leader
Photo Source: Wissen Media Verlag GmbH, Gütersloh

Always be modest

But we must be modest — not only now, but forty-five years hence as well. We should always be modest. In our international relations, we Chinese people should get rid of great-power chauvinism resolutely, thoroughly, wholly and completely.

In Commemoration of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen (1956)

Struggle and sacrifice

Wherever there is struggle there is sacrifice, and death is a common occurrence. But we have the interests of the people and the sufferings of the great majority at heart, and when we die for the people it is a worthy death. Nevertheless, we should do our best to avoid unnecessary sacrifices.

Serve the People (1944)

We are all servants of the people

All our cadres, whatever their rank, are servants of the people, and whatever we do is to serve the people. How then can we be reluctant to discard any of our bad traits?

The Tasks for 1945 (1944)

Might and political power

Every Communist must grasp the truth, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

The Little Red Book (1964)

The atom bomb is a paper tiger

The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the U.S. reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't. Of course, the atom bomb is a weapon of mass slaughter, but the outcome of a war is decided by the people, not by one or two new types of weapon.

Talk with the American Correspondent Anna Louise Strong (1946)

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