In the struggle to defend the legacy of Leninism . . . [Stalin] proved himself to be an outstanding Marxist-Leninist fighter. . . . Stalin's works should, as before, be seriously studied . . . [to] see what is correct and what is not.

Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.

At the beginning of anything out of the ordinary, the mass of the people always dislike it.

To Be Attacked by the Enemy Is Not a Bad Thing but a Good Thing.

An army of the people is invincible!

...it is impossible for a genuine people's revolution in any country to win victory without various forms of help from the international revolutionary forces.

This army is powerful because all its members have a conscious discipline; they have come together and they fight not for the private interests of a few individuals or a narrow clique, but for the interests of the broad masses and of the whole nation. The sole purpose of this army is to stand firmly with the Chinese people and to serve them whole-heartedly.