Famous quotes containing the word zedong:
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
“The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
“Apart from their other characteristics, the outstanding thing about China’s 600 million people is that they are “poor and blank.” This may seem a bad thing, but in reality it is a good thing. Poverty gives rise to the desire for change, the desire for action and the desire for revolution. On a blank sheet of paper free from any mark, the freshest and most beautiful pictures can be painted.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)