It is a very good thing, and a significant one too, to exterminate the bourgeoisie and capitalism in China.

All the rest of the world uses the word electricity. They've borrowed the word from English. But we Chinese have our own word for it!

To Be Attacked by the Enemy Is Not a Bad Thing but a Good Thing.

The People's democratic dictatorship needs the leadership of the working class. For it is only the working class that is most far-sighted, most selfless and most thoroughly revolutionary. The entire history of revolution proves that without the leadership of the working class revolution fails and that with the leadership of the working class revolution triumphs.

"Don't you want to abolish state power?" Yes, we do, but not right now. We cannot do it yet. Why? Because imperialism still exists, because domestic reaction still exists, because classes still exist in our country. Our present task is to strengthen the people's state apparatus - mainly the people's army, the people's police and the people's courts - in order to consolidate national defense and protect the people's interests.

New things have to experience difficulties and setbacks as they grow.

Communists should set an example in study; at all times they should be pupils of the masses as well as their teachers.