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.

The most important thing is to be strong. With strength, one can conquer others, and to conquer others gives one virtue.

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

The people are like water and the army is like fish.

In a suitable temperature, an egg becomes a chicken, and there are no chickens born of stones.

The People's Liberation Army is always a fighting force. Even after countrywide victory, our army will remain a fighting force during the historical period in which classes have not been abolished in our country and the imperialist system still exists in the world. On this point, there should be no misunderstanding or wavering.

The Red Army is like a furnace in which all captured soldiers are melted down and transformed the moment they come over.