When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half of the people die so that the other half can eat their fill.

The commanders and fighters of the entire Chinese People's Liberation Army absolutely must not relax in the least their will to fight; any thinking that relaxes the will to fight and belittles the enemy is wrong.

Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.

Napoleon was the best method. Dissolved all representative institutions and it decided who should rule the state with him.

Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.

"Don't you want to abolish state power?" Yes, we do, but not right now. We cannot do it yet. Why? Because imperialism still exists, because domestic reaction still exists, because classes still exist in our country. Our present task is to strengthen the people's state apparatus - mainly the people's army, the people's police and the people's courts - in order to consolidate national defense and protect the people's interests.

History shows that wars are divided into two kinds-just and unjust. All wars that are progressive are just, and all wars that impede progress are unjust.