Mao Zedong

“Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.”

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

“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.”

“An army of the people is invincible!”

“We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.”

“Let a hundred flowers bloom.”

“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”

“Women hold up half the sky.”

“Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.”

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

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

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

“...this protracted war will pass through three stages. The first stage covers the period of the enemy's strategic offensive and our strategic defensive. The second stage will be the period of the enemy's strategic consolidation and our preparation for the counter-offensive. The third stage will be the period of our strategic counter-offensive and the enemy's strategic retreat.”

“The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.”

“Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.”

“Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.”

“All reactionaries are paper tigers.”

“Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.”

“Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land.”