We are not afraid of poverty; we are afraid of idleness. - Mao Zedong

"We are not afraid of poverty; we are afraid of idleness."

Mao Zedong Work

Communist Leader, Dictator Chinese 1893–1976

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"All reactionaries are paper tigers."

"Guerrilla warfare will be the only way."

"Hard work never killed anybody."

"Work with purpose and integrity."

"Hard work pays off in the end."

"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."