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Guard against revisionism, particularly the emergence of revisionism at the party Centre.

— Mao Zedong Directives Regarding the Cultural Revolution (1966)

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Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party.

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Directives Regarding the Cultural Revolution (1966)

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