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History is always moving ahead in a wavelike fashion, and the people of today outpace those of yesterday in their continuous forward advance.

— Peng Dehuai

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When soldiers become conscious of what they are doing and are organized, they constitute a mighty force.

I was prepared to destroy myself, but I would never do anything to harm the people’s army led by the Party.

China could only resist foreign aggression and develop its industry by instituting democracy and unifying the country.

Don’t believe the good words of a man uttered in ordinary times; his action in an emergency will tell what sort of a man he is.

Now whoever opposes the Communists and fires the first shot, will be hit by our second shot immediately, then our third shot. This is 'to pay a man back in his own coin'.

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