"We must learn to look at problems from all sides, seeing the reverse as well as the obverse side of things."

"Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party."

"The people are the sea and we are the fish."

"The Chinese revolution is great, but the road after the revolution will be longer, the work greater and more arduous."

"In order to attack the forces of the counter-revolution, it is necessary to carry out a reign of terror."