In times of difficulty we must not lose sight of our achievements, must see the bright future and must pluck up our courage.
Mao ZedongAll the rest of the world uses the word electricity. They've borrowed the word from English. But we Chinese have our own word for it!
Mao ZedongThere is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
Mao ZedongWe desire peace. However, if imperialism insists on fighting a war, we will have no alternative but to take the firm resolution to fight to the finish before going ahead with our construction. If you are afraid of war day in day out, what will you do if war eventually comes? First, I said that the East Wind is prevailing over the West Wind and war will not break out, and now I have added these explanations about the situation in case war should break out. Both possibilities have thus been taken into account.
Mao Zedong