"Correct ideas come from social practice, and from it alone; they come from three kinds of social practice, the struggle for production, the class struggle and scientific experiment."

"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 Chinese people have stood up!"

"The advanced people are like a general, and the backward people are like a soldier. The general must be brave and resolute, and the soldier must be loyal and obedient."

"Man has a few dozen bones, but he has 84,000 thoughts."