The question is not whether or not there should be a cult of the individual, but rather whether or not the individual concerned represents the truth, if he does then he should be worshiped.

Reactionaries must be deprived of the right to voice their opinions; only the people have that right.

Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.

Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party.

Revolutionary war is an antitoxin that not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth. Every just, revolutionary war is endowed with tremendous power and can transform many things or clear the way for their transformation. The Sino-Japanese war will transform both China and Japan; provided China perseveres in the War of Resistance and in the united front, the old Japan will surely be transformed into a new Japan and the old China into a new China, and people and everything else in both China and Japan will be transformed during and after the war.

Look at World War II, at Hitler's cruelty. The more cruelty, the more enthusiasm for revolution.

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