Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.

We must make a clear distinction between the nature of Chairman Mao's mistakes and the crimes of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four. For most of his life, Chairman Mao did very good things. Many times he saved the Party and the state from crisis. Without him the Chinese people would, at the very least, have spent much more time groping in the dark.

To get rich is glorious.

In the past there were too many portraits of Chairman Mao in China. They were hung everywhere. That was not proper and it didn't really show respect for Chairman Mao.

Let some people get rich first.

Any capitalism is superior to feudalism.

I don’t care if the cat is black or white, I just want it to kill the mice.