1、 WORKERS OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE! QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG FOREIGN LANGUAGES PRESS P E K I N G 1966 First Edition 1966 FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION Comrade Mao Tse-tung is the greatest Marxist-Leninist of our era. He has inherited, defended and developed Marxism-Leninism with genius,
2、creatively and comprehensively and has brought it to a higher and completely new stage. Mao Tse-tungs thought is Marxism-Leninism of the era in which imperialism is heading for total collapse and socialism is advancing to world-wide victory. It is a powerful ideological weapon for opposing imperiali
3、sm and for opposing revisionism and dogmatism. Mao Tse-tungs thought is the guiding principle for all the work of the Party, the army and the country. Therefore, the most fundamental task in our Partys political and ideological work is at all times to hold high the great red banner of Mao Tse-tungs
4、thought, to arm the minds of the people throughout the country with it I and to persist in using it to command every field of activity. The broad masses of the workers, peasants and soldiers and the broad ranks of the revolutionary cadres and the intellectuals should really master Mao Tse-tungs thou
5、ght; they should all study Chairman Maos writings, follow his teachings, act according to his instructions and be his good fighters. In studying the works of Chairman Mao, one should have specific problems in mind, study and apply his works in a creative way, combine study with application, first st
6、udy what must be urgently applied so as to get quick results, and strive hard to apply what one is studying. In order really to master Mao Tse-tungs thought, it is essential to study many of Chairman Maos basic concepts over and over again, and it is best to memorize important statements and study a
7、nd apply them repeatedly.The newspapers should regularly carry quotations from Chairman Mao relevant to current issues for readers to study and apply. The experience of the broad masses in their creative study II and application of Chairman Maos works in the last few years has proved that to study s
8、elected quotations from Chairman Mao with specific problems in mind is a good way to learn Mao Tse-tungs thought, a method conducive to quick results. We have compiled Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung in order to help the broad masses learn Mao Tse-tungs thought more effectively. In organizing
9、their study, units should select passages that are relevant to the situation, their tasks, the current thinking of their personnel, and the state of their work. In our great motherland, a new era is emerging in which the workers, peasants and soldiers are grasping Marxism-Leninism, Mao Tse-tungs tho
10、ught. Once Mao Tse-tungs thought is grasped by the broad masses, it becomes an inexhaustible source of strength and a spiritual atom bomb of infinite power. The large-scale publication of Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung is a vital measure for enabling the broad masses to III grasp Mao Tse-tung
11、s thought and for promoting the revolutionization of our peoples thinking. It is our hope that all comrades will learn earnestly and diligently, bring about a new nation-wide high tide in the creative study and application of Chairman Maos works and, under the great red banner of Mao Tse-tungs thoug
12、ht, strive to build our country into a great socialist state with modern agriculture, modern industry, modern science and culture and modern national defence! Lin Piao December 16,1966 IV CONTENTS I. The Communist Party 1 II.Classes and Class Struggle 8 III.Socialism and Communism 23 IV.The Correct
13、Handling of Con- tradictions Among the People 45 V.War and Peace 58 VI.Imperialism and All Reaction- aries Are Paper Tigers 72 VII.Dare to Struggle and Dare to Win82 VIII.Peoples War 88 IX.The Peoples Aray 99 X.Leadership of Party Committees 104 XI.The Mass Line 118 XII.Political Work 134 XIII.Relat
14、ions Between Officers and Men 148 XIV.Relations Between The Army and The People 153 XV.Democracy in The Three Main Fields 157 XVI.Education and The Training of Troops 165 XVII.Serving The People 170 XVIII.Patriotism and Internationalism175 XIX.Revolutionary Heroism 181 XX.Building Our Country Throug
15、h Diligence and Frugality 186 XXI.Self-Reliance and Arduous Struggle 194 XXII.Methods of Thinking and Meth- ods of Work 203 XXIII.Investigation and Study 230 XXIV.Ccrrecting Mistaken Ideas 237 XXV.Unity 251 XXVI.Discipline 254 XXVII.Criticism and Self-Criticism 258 XXVIII.Communists 268 XXIX.Cadres
16、276 XXX.Youth 288 XXXI.Women 294 XXXII.Culture and Art 299 XXXIII.Study 304 Unless otherwise stated，the Page number given for the source of a quotation refers to the first English edition of the book or pamphlet cited as Dublished by the Foreign Languages Press，Peking In cases where a word or phrase
17、 linked to the preceding text has been omitted in the opening sentence of the quotation，an asterisk is placed after the source This is also done in a number of places where the English rendering has been reworded to make up for omission of context or to improve the translation Translator I. THE COMM
18、UNIST PARTY The force at the core leading our cause forward is the Chinese Communist Party. The theoretical basis guiding our thinking is Marxism-Leninism. Opening address at the First Session of the First National Peoples Congress of the Peoples Republic of China (September 15, 1954). If there is t
19、o be revolution, there must be a revolutionary party. Without a revolutionary party, without a party built on the Marxist-Leninist revolutionary theory and in the Marxist-Leninist revolutionary style, it is impossible to lead the working class and the broad masses of the people in 1 defeating imperi
20、alism and its running dogs. “Revolutionary Forces of the World Unite, Fight Against Imperialist Aggression!“ (Nov-ember 1948), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 284.* Without the efforts of the Chinese Com- munist Party, without the Chinese Com- munists as the mainstay of the Chinese people, China can nev
21、er achieve independ- ence and liberation, or industrialization and the modernization of her agriculture. “On Coalition Government“ (April 24, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 318.* The Chinese Communist Party is the core of leadership of the whole Chinese people. Without this core, the cause of s
22、ocialism cannot be victorious. “Talk at the general reception for the delegates to the Third National Congress of the New Democratic Youth League of China“ (May 25, 1957). 2 A well-disciplined Party armed with the theory of Marxism-Leninism, using the method of self-criticism and linked with the mas
23、ses of the people; an army under the leadership of such a Party; a united front of all revolutionary classes and all revolutionary groups under the leadership of such a Party - these are the three main weapons with which we have defeated the enemy. “On the Peoples Democratic Dictatorship“ (June 30,
24、1949), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 422. We must have faith in the masses and we must have faith in the Party. These are two cardinal principles. If we doubt these principles, we shall accomplish nothing. “On the Question of Agricultural Co-operation“ (July 31, 1955), 3rd ed., p. 7.* Armed with Marxi
25、st-Leninist theory and ideology, the Communist Party of China has 3 brought a new style of work to the Chinese people, a style of work which essentially entails integrating theory with practice, forging close links with the masses and practising self-criticism. “On Coalition Government“ (April 24, 1
26、945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 314.* No political party can possibly lead a great revolutionary movement to victory unless it possesses revolutionary theory and a knowledge of history and has a profound grasp of the practical movement. “The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War
27、“ (October 1938), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 208. As we used to say, the rectification movement is “a widespread movement of Marxist education“. Rectification means the whole Party studying Marxism through criticism and self-criticism. We can certainly 4 learn more about Marxism in the course of th
28、e rectification movement. Speech at the Chinese Communist Partys National Conference on Propaganda Work (March 12, l957), 1st pocket ed., p. 14. It is an arduous task to ensure a better life for the several hundred million people of China and to build our economically and culturally backward country
29、 into a prosperous and powerful one with a high level of culture. And it is precisely in order to be able to shoulder this task more com- petently and work better together with all non-Party people who are actuated by high ideals and determined to institute reforms that we must conduct rectification
30、 move- ments both now and in the future, and con- stantly rid ourselves of whatever is wrong. Ibid., pp. 15-16.* Policy is the starting-point of all the practical actions of a revolutionary party and manifests itself in the process and the end-result of that partys actions. A 5 revolutionary party i
31、s carrying out a policy whenever it takes any action. If it is not carrying out a correct policy, it is carrying out a wrong policy; if it is not carrying out a given policy consciously, it is doing so blindly. What we call experience is the process and the end-result of carrying out a policy. Only
32、through the practice of the people, that is, through experience, can we verify whether a policy is correct or wrong and determine to what extent it is correct or wrong. But peoples practice, especially the practice of a revolutionary party and the revolutionary masses, cannot but be bound up with on
33、e policy or another. Therefore, before any action is taken, we must explain the policy, which we have formulated in the light of the given circumstances, to Party members and to the masses. Otherwise, Party members and the masses will depart from the guidance of our policy, act blindly and carry out
34、 a wrong policy. “On the Policy Concerning Industry and Commerce“ (February 27, 1948), Selected Works, Vol. IV. pp. 204-05.* 6 Our Party has laid down the general line and general policy of the Chinese revolution as well as various specific lines for work and specific policies. However, while many c
35、omrades remember our Partys specific lines for work and specific policies, they often forget its general line and general policy. If we actually forget the Partys general line and general policy, then we shall be blind, half-baked, muddle-headed revolutionaries, and when we carry out a specific line
36、 for work and a specific policy, we shall lose our bearings and vacillate now to the left and now to the right, and the work will suffer. “Speech at a Conference of Cadres in the Shansi-Suiyuan Liberated Area“ (April 1, 1948), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 238.* Policy and tactics are the life of the
37、Party; leading comrades at all levels must give them full attention and must never on any account be negligent. “A Circular on the Situation“ (March 20, 1948), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 220. 7 II. CLASSES AND CLASS STRUGGLE Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is his
38、tory, such is the history of civilization for thousands of years. To interpret history from this viewpoint is historical materialism; standing in opposition to this viewpoint is historical idealism. “Cast Away Illusions, Prepare for Struggle“ (August 14, 1949), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 428. In cl
39、ass society everyone lives as a member of a particular class, and every kind of thinking, without exception, is stamped with the brand of a class. “On Practice“ (July 1937), Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 296. 8 Changes in society are due chiefly to the development of the internal contradictions in soci
40、ety, that is, the contradiction between the productive forces and the relations of production, the contradiction between classes and the contradiction between the old and the new; it is the development of these contradictions that pushes society forward and gives the impetus for the supersession of
41、the old society by the new. “On Contradiction“ (August 1937), Selected Works, Vol. I, P. 314. The ruthless economic exploitation and political oppression of the peasants by the landlord class forced them into numerous uprisings against its rule. It was the class struggles of the peasants, the peasan
42、t uprisings and peasant wars that constituted the real motive force of historical development in Chinese feudal society. “The Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party“ (December 1939), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 308.* 9 In the final analysis, national struggle is a matter of class struggl
43、e. Among the whites in the United States it is only the reactionary ruling circles who oppress the black people. They can in no way represent the workers, farmers, revolutionary intellectuals and other enlightened persons who comprise the overwhelming majority of the white people. “Statement Support
44、ing the American Negroes in Their Just Struggle Against Racial Discrimination by U.S. Imperialism“ (August 8, 1963), People of the World, Unite and Defeat the U.S. Aggressors and All Their Lackeys, 2nd ed., pp. 3-4.* It is up to us to organize the people. As for the reactionaries in China, it is up
45、to us to organize the people to overthrow them. Everything reactionary is the same; if you dont hit it, it wont fall. This is also like sweeping the floor; as a rule, where the 10 broom does not reach, the dust will not vanish of itself. “The Situation and Our Policy After the Victory in the War of
46、Resistance Against Japan“ (August 13, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 19. The enemy will not perish of himself. Neither the Chinese reactionaries nor the aggressive forces of U.S. imperialism in China will step down from the stage of history of their own accord. “Carry the Revolution Through to t
47、he End“ (December 30, 1948), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 301. 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 magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrect
48、ion, an act of 11 violence by which one class overthrows another. “Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan“ (March 1927), Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 28.* Chiang Kai-shek always tries to wrest every ounce of power and every ounce of gain from the people. And we? Our policy is to g
49、ive him tit for tat and to fight for every inch of land. We act after his fashion. He always tries to impose war on the people, one sword in his left hand and another in his right. We take up swords, too, following his example. As Chiang Kai-shek is now sharpening his swords, we must sharpen ours too. “The Situation and Our Policy After the Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan“ (August 13, 1945),
