Mao Zedong Quotes

12 quotes

1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)

“Our attitude towards ourselves should be to be insatiable in learning and towards others to be tireless in teaching.”

"Politics is war without blood, while war is politics with blood."

on Politics

"History is a symptom of our disease"

on History

"War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun."

on War

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

on History

"Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

on Politics

"Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts."

on War

"Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend."

on Culture

"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

on Power

"An army of the people is invincible!"

on Activism

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

on Resilience

"The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship."

on Relationships