Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.
Mao ZedongWe have an army for fighting as well as an army for labour. For fighting, we have the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies but even they do a dual job, warfare and production. With these two kinds of armies, and with a fighting army skilled in these two tasks and in mass work, we can overcome our difficulties and defeat Japanese imperialism.
Mao ZedongThe Red Army is like a furnace in which all captured soldiers are melted down and transformed the moment they come over.
Mao Zedong