Soldiers are the foundation of an army; unless they are imbued with a progressive political spirit, and unless such a spirit is fostered through progressive political work, it will be impossible to achieve genuine unity between officers and men, impossible to arouse their enthusiasm for the War of Resistance to the full, and impossible to provide an excellent basis for the most effective use of all our technical equipment and tactics.

The spark from a tiny star can ignite the plains.

I voted for you during your last election.

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

Firstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.

Revolution is a drama of passion. We did not win the people over by appealing to reason but by developing hope, trust, fraternity.

In China the struggle to consolidate the socialist system, the struggle to decide whether socialism or capitalism will prevail, will still take a long historical period. However, we should all realize that the new system of socialism will unquestionably be consolidated. We can assuredly build a socialist state with modern industry, modern agriculture, and modern science and culture.