"The enemy will not perish of himself. Neither will the Chinese reactionaries nor the aggressive forces of U.S. imperialism in China step down from the stage of history of their own accord."

"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 w…"

"Let the United States and all the reactionaries abroad tremble! Let them say that we are no good and that we are 'totalitarians.' They are too stupid to see our strength. Their fear is useless. They k…"

"Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things, that are decisive."

"A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and mag…"