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A revolution is not a

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 insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
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If you want to know

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
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There is in fact no

There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
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An army without culture is

An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
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Our attitude towards ourselves should

Our attitude towards ourselves should be to be satiable in learning and towards others to be tireless in teaching.
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War can only be abolished

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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Classes struggle, some classes triumph,

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.
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Power grows from the barrel

Power grows from the barrel of a gun.
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We shall support whatever the

We shall support whatever the enemy opposes and oppose whatever the enemy supports.
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Militia Women Inscription on a

Militia Women Inscription on a Photograph

How bright and brave they look, shouldering five-foot rifles
On the parade ground lit up by the first gleams of day.
China's daughters have high-aspiring minds,
They love their battle array, not silks and satins.
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