The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the U.S. reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't. Of course, the atom bomb is a weapon of mass slaughter, but the outcome of a war is decided by the people, not by one or two new types of weapon.
— Mao Zedong Modern

Founder of People's Republic of China

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Interview with Anna Louise Strong

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1946

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-4/mswv4_04.…

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