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

Imperialism is a paper tiger.

Communists should set an example in being practical as well as far-sighted. For only by being practical can they fulfil the appointed tasks, and only far-sightedness can prevent them from losing their bearings in the march forward.

All 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!

There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.

So long as a person who has made mistakes . . . honestly and sincerely wishes to be cured and to mend his ways, we should welcome him and cure his sickness so that he can become a good comrade. We can never succeed if we just let ourselves go and lash at him.

No political party can possibly lead a great revolutionary movement to victory unless it possesses revolutionary theory and knowledge of history and has a profound grasp of the practical movement.