Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul.

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.

The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't.

I am alone with the masses.

If there were no contradictions and no struggle, there would be no world, no process, no life, and there would be nothing at all.

A Communist must never be opinionated or domineering, thinking that he is good in everything while others are good in nothing; he must never shut himself up in his little room, or brag and boast and lord it over others.

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