Mao Zedong

"All reactionaries are paper tigers."

"Women hold up half the sky."

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

"Be prepared at all times to stand up for your beliefs and convictions."

"Seek truth from facts."

"Every communist must grasp the truth that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

"To read too many books is to go into the reading business."

"The guerrilla fights the war of the flea, and his military enemy suffers from the bites."

"The Chinese people have stood up."

"There is great chaos under heaven, and the situation is excellent."

"A spark can start a great fire when conditions are right."

"Learn by doing and teaching by example."

"It is necessary to strike while the iron is hot."

"In times of difficulty, we must not lose sight of our objectives."

"True knowledge is to know the things we know, and to know the things we do not know."

"The people are the creators of history."

"We must have faith in the masses and in the future."

"From the masses, to the masses - this is the method of work."

"One should not belittle the enemy, though enemies are to be belittled strategically."

"Arrogance and self-satisfaction are the enemies of progress."

"The great road is quite straight; why does he loiter in a bypath."

"A revolution is not the same as inviting people to dinner."

"We must learn to do economic work well."

"The correctness or incorrectness of the ideological and political line decides everything."

"Inner-party struggle is inevitable; struggle is absolute, but peace is relative."

"Passive defense is the same as self-defeat."

"Victory is possible for the weak if they are united and have a just cause."

"Through struggle, all things are possible."

"The scope of our work should be expanded to the whole nation."

"We do not need to be anxious about the future."