The first law of war is to preserve ourselves and destroy the enemy.

Our stand is that of the proletariat and of the masses. For members of the Communist Party, this means keeping to the stand of the Party, keeping to Party spirit and Party policy.

There is in guerrilla warfare no such thing as a decisive battle; there is nothing comparable to the fixed, passive defense that characterizes orthodox war.

Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.

People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.

When guerillas engage a stronger enemy, they withdraw when he advances, harass him when he stops, strike him when he is weary, pursue him when he withdraws.