All our officers and fighters must always bear in mind that we are the great People's Liberation Army, we are the troops led by the great Communist Party of China. Provided we constantly observe the directives of the Party, we are sure to win.

People of the world, unite and defeat the U.S. aggressors and all their running dogs!

All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party.

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

All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.

In China the struggle to consolidate the socialist system, the struggle to decide whether socialism or capitalism will prevail, will still take a long historical period. However, we should all realize that the new system of socialism will unquestionably be consolidated. We can assuredly build a socialist state with modern industry, modern agriculture, and modern science and culture.

The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.