Zedong

Famous quotes containing the word zedong:

“The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)

“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
—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)