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Mao Zedong on Revolution

1893–1976 China

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A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

The Cultural Revolution can only be the emancipation of the masses by the masses.

Directives on the Cultural Revolution (1966)

Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.

In any revolution, its internal causes are fundamental and its external ones are supplementary.

Directives on the Cultural Revolution (1966)

You should pay attention to state affairs and carry the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution through to the end!

Directives on the Cultural Revolution (1966)

The basic ideological programme of the great proletarian Cultural Revolution is 'to combat selfishness and criticize revisionism.'

Directives on the Cultural Revolution (1966)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mao Zedong (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.