Mao Zedong Quotes

I have always said that we did not expect a revolution in the streets.

Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.

“Order prevails in Berlin!” You foolish lackeys! Your “order” is built on sand. Tomorrow the revolution will “rise up again, clashing its weapons,” and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!

The National Revolution has begun.

Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly and modestly.

it is not the topping of a regime that determines the overall success of a revolution -- it's dismantling the past in favor of a better future.

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

For years I looked at the Iranians with envy - not at the outcome of their 1979 revolution, but because it was a popular uprising, not a euphemism for a coup.

I think that in order to make revolution, you need to make reforms, but you should make these reforms with revolution in mind.

I've always said - I've always said I'm not, by temperament, a romantic about revolutions or given to revolutions. I've always thought that they are not the ideal way to change.

Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary.

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

Revolution is an instrument, like a party is an instrument.

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.

The revolution will stop at nothing. We have changed the nature of politics.

In most revolutions, where events are drawn out, particularly after the initial flush of victory, the masses can feel the gains of the revolution slipping from their hands. The advanced sections of the proletariat, realizing the dangerous situation, begin to become impatient and attempt to recapture the initiative

Revolution, not elections!

Every revolutionary movement ... proposes the greatest number of achievements possible.

The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal

Without destruction of the State, there is no revolution.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history. Drive them full speed ahead and keep them on the rails... .

Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?

If there is to be a revolution, there must be a revolutionary party.

Of all the things we have done, the most important - the one that history will record as the principal contribution of our generation - is that we understand how to turn the armed struggle into a Revolution; that we realized that it was essential to create a new mentality to build a new society.