Mao Zedong Quotes


A man's head is not like a scallion, which will grow again if you cut it off; if you cut it off wrongly, then even if you want to correct your error, there is no way of doing it.


Citations

Mao, Zedong. "On the Ten Great Relationships." Mao Tse-Tung Unrehearsed: Talks and Letters, 1956-71, edited by Stuart R. Schram, Penguin Books, 1974, p. 79.

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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
  • Born: December 26, 1893
  • Died: September 9, 1976
  • Nationality: Chinese
  • Profession: Revolutionary, Statesman

Mao Zedong, also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, his theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Maoism.