[He quoted a passage from Mao's] Little Red Book ... Let the people speak up. If they have good arguments, we listen to them; if they don't, we refute them. |
[The authors have reduced him to a bloodthirsty, power-obsessed egotist, someone who never believed in communism, nor in anything else, and this from the very first pages of the book.] I do not agree with the view that to be moral, the motive of one's action has to be benefiting others, ... People like me want to satisfy our hearts to the full, and in doing so we automatically have the most valuable moral codes. |
All the reputedly powerful reactionaries are merely paper tigers. The reason is that they are divorced from the people. Look! Was not Hitler a paper tiger? Was Hitler not overthrown? U.S. imperialism has not yet been overthrown and it has the atomic bomb. I believe it also will be overthrown. It, too, is a paper tiger. |
An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy. |
Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years. |
I do not agree with the view that to be moral, the motive of one's action has to be benefiting others. People like me want to satisfy our hearts to the full, and in doing so we automatically have the most valuable moral codes. |
I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever. |
In 1644, the last Ming emperor ... he hung himself from a tree just over there. |
Let a hundred flowers bloom. |
Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land. |
Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance. |
Our attitude towards ourselves should be "to be satiable in learning" and towards others "to be tireless in teaching." |
So long as a person who has made mistakes... honestly and sincerely wishes to be cured and to mend his ways, we should welcome him and cure his sickness so that he can become a good comrade. We can never succeed if we just let ourselves go and lash at h |
There is great disorder under heaven...the situation is excellent. |
To read too many books is harmful. |