- All reactionaries are paper tigers.
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- Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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- Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
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- Every Communist must grasp the truth, 'Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.' Our principle is that the Communist Party commands the gun and the gun will never be allowed to command the Party.
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- I voted for you during your last election. (To President Richard M Nixon)
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- Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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- Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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- Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
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- Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly and modestly.
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- Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly. (On intellectuals)
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