February 24, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
More of the substandard, "Quotations from Mao". I know at least one person reads them though.
Mao said:
Opposition and struggle between ideas of different kinds constantly occur within the Party; this is a reflection within the Party of contradictions between classes and between the new and the old in society. If there were no contradictions in the Party and no ideological struggles to resolve them, the Party's life would come to an end. - August, 1937
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 9:59 AM
There was opposition and struggle within the Soviet Communist Party as well in the early 1930s. However, this was largely "eliminated" when Stalin had his chief opponent, Leon Trotsky, tracked down and killed in Mexico! I guess Stalin didn't share Mao's acceptance of contradictions within the party!
Posted by: Justin at February 24, 2004 10:40 AM
thanks for all the background info justin. btw, you were the person that i called out as the reader.
Posted by: tien at February 24, 2004 11:10 AM
yeah I figured that. I really should post under several different usernames to make you think that there are others who care about Mao!
Posted by: Justin at February 24, 2004 1:56 PM
i care about mao, too! i should read up on my mao history to put his quotations into more context, though. i'm floating in a morass of ignorance here.
Posted by: jeannette at February 25, 2004 5:48 PM
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