All reactionaries are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality, they are not so powerful. From a long-term point of view, it is not the reactionaries but the people who are really powerful.
— Mao Zedong Modern

Founder of People's Republic of China

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Interview with Anna Louise Strong

Date / Period

1946

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Controversial

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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-4/mswv4_05.…

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