Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.

Imperialism is a paper tiger.

Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole.

People say that poverty is bad, but in fact poverty is good. The poorer people are, the more revolutionary they are. It is dreadful to imagine a time when everyone will be rich... From a surplus of calories people will have two heads and four legs.

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

We should encourage comrades to take the interests of the whole into account. Every Party member, every branch of work, every statement and every action must proceed from the interests of the whole Party; it is absolutely impermissible to violate this principle.

To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.