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Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
I voted for you during your last election. (To President Richard M Nixon)
Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
All reactionaries are paper tigers.
Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly and modestly.
Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly. (On intellectuals)
Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Every Communist must grasp the truth, 'Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.' Our principle is that the Communist Party commands the gun and the gun will never be allowed to command the Party.