November 2, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
On this election day, I have a special [Tien] Mao quote.
Mao said:
VOTE!!! - November, 2004
And if you want to vote for Kerry, that's even better. Just get out there and vote.
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:01 AM
October 26, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
On an unofficial, unplanned hiatus last week (as in I forgot), the Mao quote returns this week.
Mao said:
If we tried to go on the offensive when the masses are not yet awakened, that would be adventurism. If we insisted on leading the masses to do anything against their will, we would certainly fail. If we did not advance when the masses demand advance, that would be Right opportunism. - April, 1948
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 10:29 PM
October 12, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Hmm...arrogance...reminds me of something...
Mao said:
Guard against arrogance. For anyone in a leading position, this is a matter of principle and an important condition for maintaining unity. Even those who have made no serious mistakes and have achieved very great success in their work should not be arrogant. - March, 1949
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 11:13 PM
October 5, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
I think the word of the day is "contradictions" and "antagonistic"...with that in mind, a Mao quote.
Mao said:
The contradictions between ourselves and the enemy are antagonistic contradictions. Within the ranks of the people, the contradictions among the working people are non-antagonistic, while those between the exploited and the exploiting classes have a non-antagonistic aspect in addition to an antagonistic aspect. - February, 1957
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 11:55 PM
September 28, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Tired and sore...but a quote.
Mao said:
Taught by mistakes and setbacks, we have become wiser and handle our affairs better. It is hard for any political party or person to avoid mistakes, but we should make as few as possible. Once a mistake is made, we should correct it, and the more quickly and throughly, the better. - June, 1949
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 10:30 PM
September 21, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
You know the drill.
Mao said:
Pleasure-seeking. In the Red Army there are also quite a few people whose individualism finds expression in pleasure-seeking. They always hope that their unit will march into big cities. They want to go there not to work but to enjoy themselves. The last thing they want is to work in the Red areas where life is hard. - December, 1929
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:52 AM
September 14, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Another Mao quote on a more Mao friendly (?) site.
Mao said:
We must make a distinction between the enemy and ourselves, and we must not adopt an antagonistic stand towards comrades and treat them as we would the enemy. In speaking up, one must have an ardent desire to protect the cause of the people and raise their political consciousness, and there must be no ridiculing or attacking in one's approach. - March, 1957
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:35 AM
September 7, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Because I ran a repeat of the "Mao Quotes" last week, I'm hitting you up with two, count em, two quotes this week.
Mao said:
The way these comrades look at problems is wrong. They do not look at the essential or main aspects but emphasize the non-essential or minor ones. It should be pointed out that these non-essential or minor aspects must not be overlooked and must be dealt with one by one. But they should not be taken as the essential or main aspects, or we will lose our bearings. - July, 1955
The only way to know conditions is to make social investigations, to investigate the conditions of each social class in real life. For those charged with directing work, the basic method for knowing conditions is to concentrate on a few cities and villages according to a plan and using the fundamental viewpoint of Marxism, i.e., the method of class analysis, make a number of thorough investigations. - April, 1941
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:47 AM
August 31, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Stupid president, stupid convention, stupid GOP.
Mao said:
People all over the world are now discussing whether or not a third world war will break out. On this question, too, we must be mentally prepared and do some analysis. We stand firmly for peace and against war. But if imperialists insist on unleashing another war, we should not be afraid of it. Our attitude on this question is the same as our attitude towards any disturbance: first, we are against it; second, we are not afraid of it. The First World War was followed by the birth of the Soviet Union with a population of 200 million. The Second World War was followed by the emergence of the socialist camp with a combined population of 900 million. If the imperialists insist on launching a third world war, it is certain that several hundred million more will turn to socialism, and then there will not be much room left on earth for the imperialists; it is also likely that the whole structure of imperialism will utterly collapse. - February, 1957
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:24 PM
August 24, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Another Tuesday, another quote. My goal to get to 52 weeks, by my count, I'm at 32.
Mao said:
We shall solidly unite all the forces of our Party on democratic centralist principles of organization and discipline. We shall unite with any comrade if he abides by the Party's Programme, Constitution and decisions. - April, 1945
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:40 AM
August 17, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Yikes, I almost forgot a quote. Not like you're paying attention at this hour...
Mao said:
Our point of departure is to serve the people whole-heartedly and never for a moment divorce ourselves from the masses, to proceed in all cases from the interests of the people and not from one's self-interest or from the interests of a small group, and to identify our responsibility to the people with our responsibility to the leading organs of the Party. - April, 1945
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 11:31 PM
August 10, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
A quick quote before I go play some video games...mmm, video games.
Mao said:
What is work? Work is struggle. There are difficulties and problems in those places for us to overcome and solve. We go there to work and struggle to overcome these difficulties. A good comrade is one who is more eager to go where the difficulties are greater. - October, 1945
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 8:08 PM
August 3, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Short, but sweet, late night Mao quote.
Mao said:
Ideological education is the key link to be grasped in uniting the whole Party for great political struggles. Unless this is done, the Party cannot accomplish any of its political tasks. - April, 1945
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 11:30 PM
July 27, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Some more Mao quote action while watching Barack Obama. Rock on Barack, rock on.
Mao said:
Whoever sides with the revolutionary people is a revolutionary. Whoever sides with imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat-capitalism is a counter-revolutionary. Whoever sides with the revolutionary people in words only but acts otherwise is a revolutionary in speech. Whoever sides with the revolutionary people in deed as well as in word is a revolutionary in the full sense. - June, 1950
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 9:50 PM
July 20, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Already dreaming of wings on this Tuesday.
Mao said:
The imperialists are bullying us in such a way that we will have to deal with them seriously. Not only must we have a powerful regular army, we must also organize contingents of the people's militia on a big scale. This will make it difficult for the imperialists to move a single inch in our country in the event of invasion. - September, 1958
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:10 AM
July 13, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Another Tuesday, another quote. Oh, while you're reading this (if you bother), you should go on over and sign a petition to extend the assault weapons ban. (via Janelle)
Mao said:
If our Party does not have a great many new cadres working in unity and co-operation with the old cadres, our cause will come to a stop. All old cadres, therefore, should welcome the new ones with the utmost enthusiasm and show them the warmest solicitude. True, new cadres have their shortcomings. They have not been long in the revolution and lack experience, and unavoidably some have brought with them vestiges of the unwholesome ideology of the old society, remnants of the ideology of petty-bourgeois individualism. But such shortcomings can be gradually eliminated through education and tempering in the revolution. The strong point of the new cadres, as Stalin has said, is that the are acutely sensitive to what is new and are therefore enthusiastic and active to a high degree - the very qualities which some of the old cadres lack. Cadres, new and old, should respect each other, learn from each other and overcome their own shortcomings by learning from each other's strong points, so as to unite as one in the common cause and guard against sectarian tendencies. - February, 1942
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:25 AM
July 6, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
On this short week, here's a double dose of the Mao quotes.
Mao said:
The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history. - April, 1945
The masses are the real heroes, while we ourselves are often childish and ignorant, and without this understanding it is impossible to acquire even the most rudimentary knowledge. - April, 1941
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:26 AM
June 29, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
On time this week, your favorite feature...
Mao said:
In the sphere of organization, ensure democracy under centralized guidance. It should be done on the following lines:
(1) The leading bodies of the Party must give a correct line of guidance and find solutions when problems arise, in order to establish themselves as centres of leadership.
(2) The higher bodies must be familiar with the situation in the lower bodies and with the life of the masses so as to have an objective basis for correct guidance.
(3) No Party organization at any level should make casual decisions in solving problems. Once a decision is reached, it must be firmly carried out.
(4) All decisions of any importance made by the Party's higher bodies must be promptly transmitted to the lower bodies and the Party rank and file....
(5) The lower bodies of the Party and the Party rank and file must discuss the higher bodies' directives in detail in order to understand their meaning thoroughly and decide on the methods of carrying them out. - December, 1929
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:19 AM
June 23, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Have no fear, I didn't forget the "quotes", I merely had a different bag and no Internet connection...damn Verizon. So here's the quote, a day late, but you've got your fix.
Mao said:
The oppressed peoples and nations must not pin their hopes for liberation on the "sensibleness" of imperialism and its lackeys. They will only triumph by strengthening their unity and persevering in their struggle. - August, 1963
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 8:45 AM
June 15, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
The love/hate relationship with the quotes continues...
Mao said:
Natural science is one of man's weapons in his fight for freedom. For the purpose of attaining freedom in society, man must use social science to understand and change society and carry out social revolution. For the purpose of attaining freedom in the world of nature, man must use natural science to understand, conquer and change nature and thus attain freedom from nature. - February, 1940
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 1:45 PM
June 8, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
On this way too hot summer day, another Mao Quote.
Mao said:
Some comrades in the army have become arrogant and high-handed in their behaviour towards the soldiers, the people, the government and the Party, always blaming the comrades doing local work but never themselves, always seeing their own achievements but never their own shortcomings, and always welcoming flattery but never criticism. ... The army must endeavour to eradicate these faults. - November, 1943
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 10:59 AM
June 1, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Yeah, you know you hate them...
Mao said:
Often, correct knowledge can be arrived at only after many repetitions of the process leading from matter to consciousness and then back to matter, that is, leading from practice to knowledge and then back to practice. Such is the Marxist theory of knowledge, the dialectical materialist theory of knowledge. - November, 1948
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 6:21 PM
May 25, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Blah, blah, Mao quote.
Mao said:
In ordinary circumstances, contradictions among the people are not antagonistic. But if they are not antagonistic. But if we relax our vigilance and lower our guard, antagonism may arise. In a socialist country, a development of this kind is usually only a localized and temporary phenomenon. The reason is that the system of exploitation of man by man has been abolished and the interests of the people are basically the same. - February, 1957
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:28 AM
May 18, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
A guest selection for the weekly quotations.
Mao said:
We must learn to do economic work from all who know how, no matter who they are. We must esteem them as teachers, learning from them respectfully and conscientiously. We must not pretend to know when we do not know. - June, 1949
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 10:20 PM
May 11, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
An evening version of the locally infamous "Mao quotes".
Mao said:
Riding roughshod everywhere, U.S. imperialism has made itself the enemy of the people of the world and has increasingly isolated itself. Those who refuse to be enslaved will never be cowed by the atom bombs and hydrogen bombs in the hands of the U.S. imperialists. The raging tide of the people of the world against the U.S. aggressors is irresistible. Their struggle against U.S. imperialism and its lackeys will assuredly win still greater victories. - January, 1964
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 9:14 PM
May 4, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Is anyone getting tired from these quotations? I like to think they provide a little political commentary, however odd that might sound, on current global situations. On the plus side, I'm now #10 on Google for "Mao". Anyway...
Mao said:
"Lifting a rock only to drop it on one's own feet" is a Chinese fold saying to describe the behaviour of certain fools. The reactionaries in all countries are fools of this kind. In the final analysis, their persecution of the revolutionary people only serves to accelerate the people's revolutions on a broader and more intense scale. Did not the persecution of the revolutionary people by the tsar of Russia and by Chiang Kai-Shek perform this function in the great Russian and Chinese revolutions? - November, 1957
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 12:29 PM
April 27, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Another edition of the semi-amusing (at least in my head) Mao quote.
Mao said:
Wherever we happen to be, we must treasure our manpower and material resources, and must not take a short view and indulge in wastefulness and extravagance. Wherever we are, from the very first year of our work we must bear in mind the many years to come, the protracted war that must be maintained, the counter-offensive, and the work of reconstruction after the enemy's expulsion. On the one hand, never be wasteful or extravagant; on the other, actively expand production. Previously, in some places people suffered a great deal because they did not take the long view and neglected economy in manpower and material resources and the expansion of production. The lesson is there and attention must be called to it. - January, 1945.
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 2:42 PM
April 20, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
You know how it goes...
Mao said:
In order to build a great socialist society, it is of the utmost importance to arouse the broad masses of women to join in productive activity. Men and women must receive equal pay for equal work in production. Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole. - 1955
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 10:05 PM
April 13, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Another late edition...
Mao said:
People all over the world are now discussing whether or not a third world war will break out. On this question, too, we must be mentally prepared and do some analysis. We stand firmly for peace and against war. But if the imperialists insist on unleashing another war, we should not be afraid of it. Our attitude on this question is the same as our attitude towards any disturbance: first, we are against it; second, we are not afraid of it. The First World War was followed by the birth of the Soviet Union with a population of 200 million. The Second World War was followed by the emergence of the socialist camp with a combined population of 900 million. If the imperialists insist on launching a third world war, it is certain that several hundred million more will turn to socialism, and then there will not be much room left on earth for the imperialists; it is also likely that the whole structure of imperialism will utterly collapse. - February, 1957
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 11:55 PM
April 6, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Better late then never, another edition of Mao quotes.
Mao said:
We should carry on constant propaganda among the people on the facts of world progress and the bright future ahead so that they will build their confidence in victory. At the same time, we must tell the people and tell our comrades that there will be twists and turns in our road. THere are still many obstacles and difficulties along the road of revolution. The Seventh Congress of our Party assumed that the difficulties would be many, for we preferred to assume there would be more difficulties rather than less. Some comrades do not like to think much about difficulties. But difficulties are facts; we must recognize as many difficulties as there are and should not adopt a "policy of non-recognition". We must recognize difficulties, analyse them and combat them. There are no straight roads in the world; we must be prepared to follow a road which twists and turns and not try to get things on the cheap. It must not be imagined that one fine morning all the reactionaries will go down on their knees of their own accord. In a word, while the prospects are bright, the road has twists and turns. There are still many difficulties ahead which we must not overlook. By uniting with the entire people in a common effort, we can certainly overcome all difficulties and win victory. - October, 1945
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 11:41 PM
March 30, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Hopefully, Dreamhost remains somewhat stable from now on (bastards!!), because you know you all want more quotes!
Mao said:
The only way to settle questions of an ideological nature or controversial issues among the people is by the democratic method, the method of discussion, of criticism, of persuasion and education, and not by the method of coercion or repression. - February, 1957
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 9:54 AM
March 23, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
You know you love 'em...
Mao said:
Contradiction and struggle are universal and absolute, but the methods of resolving contradictions, that is, the forms of struggle, differ according to the differences in the nature of the contradictions. Some contradictions are characterized by open antagonism, others are not. In accordance with the concrete development of things, some contradictions which were originally non-antagonistic develop into antagonistic ones, while others which were originally antagonistic develop into non-antagonistic ones. - August, 1937
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 1:28 PM
March 16, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Late, but still...
Mao said:
The socialist countries are states of an entirely new type in which the exploiting classes have been overthrown and the working people are in power. The principle of integrating internationalism with patriotism is practised in the relations between these countries. We areclosely bound by common interests and common ideals. - November, 1957
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 11:00 PM
March 9, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Another week, another quote.
Mao said:
We should always use our brains and think everything over carefully. A common saying goes, "Knit your brows and you will hit upon a stratagem." In other words, much thinking yields wisdom. In order to get rid of the blindness which exists to a serious extent in our Party, we must encourage our comrades to think, to learn the method of analysis and to cultivate the habit of analysis. - April, 1944
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 8:44 AM
March 2, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
On this "Super Tuesday," another edition of your favorite feature on this site, well, the only feature - Mao's quotations.
Mao said:
Our point of departure is to serve the people whole-heartedly and never for a moment of divorce ourselves from the masses, to proceed in all cases from the interests of the people and not from one's self-interest of from the interests of a small group, and to identify our responsibility to the people with our responsibility to the leading organs of the Party. - April, 1945
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:24 AM
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
February 17, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
Another edition of everybody's favorite feature here on the lil' read book, "Quotations from Mao".
Mao said:
The people of the countries in the socialist camp should unite, the people of the countries in Asia, Africa and Latin American should unite, the people of all the continents should unite, all peace-loving countries should unite, and all countries subjected to U.S. aggression, control, intervention or bullying should unite, and so form the broadest united front to oppose the U.S. imperialist policies of aggression and war and to defend world peace. - January, 1964
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:30 AM
February 10, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
And now, another installment of "Quotations from Mao"...
Mao said:
We must never adopt an arrogant attitude of great-power chauvinism and become conceited because of the victory of our revolution and certain achievements in our construction. Every nation, big or small, has its strong and weak points. - September, 1956
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:33 AM
February 3, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
As is it is becoming tradition here at the "little read book", another quotation from Mao.
Mao said:
However active the leading group may be, its activity will amount to fruitless effort by a handful of people unless combined with the activity of the masses. On the other hand, if the masses alone are active without a strong leading group to organize their activity properly, such activity cannot be sustained for long, or carried forward in the right direction, or raised to a high level. - June, 1943
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:34 AM
January 27, 2004
The Weekly "Quotations from Mao"
In continuing last week's Inaugural "Quotations from Mao", I am posting another quotation from Mao.
Mao said:
"The Chinese Red Army is an armed body for carrying out the political tasks of the revolution. Expecially at present, the Red Army should certainly not confine itself to fighting; besides fighting to destroy the enemy's military strength, it should shoulder such important tasks as doing propaganda among the masses, organizing the masses, arming them, helping them to establish revolutionary political power and setting up Party organizations. The Red Arm fights not merely for the sake of fighting but in order to conduct propaganda among the masses, organize them, arm them, and help them to establish revolutionary political power. Without these objectives, fighting loses its meaning and the Red Army loses the reason for its existence." - December, 1929
- The Inaugural "Quotations from Mao"
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:42 PM
January 20, 2004
The Inaugural "Quotations From Mao"
Jeannette and Yvan bought me a "Little Red Book" while on vacation, and due to popular demand (Jeannette and Justin), I'm going to bring you a weekly quotation from Chairman Mao. Who says I don't listen to the people?
Mao said:
"If there is to 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 defeating imperialism and its running dogs." - November, 1948
Posted by tien mao in Mao Quotes at 7:32 AM
January 15, 2004
"Workers of All Counties, Unite!"
Jeannette and Yvan recently returned from their vacation to Asia, which included stops in Thailand, Hong Kong, and China. While there, they were nice enough to pick up a souvenir for me - Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, a.k.a. "Chairman Mao's Little Red Book." This gift is suitable for all people named Mao, but especially apropos for me because my blog is called, "Tien Mao's Little Read Book." Get it? The double entendre? Little read, because people seldom read it and playing on the Mao theme. Johnny and I came up with the name a while back. Brilliant, no? I've been to China plenty of times, but never picked up one of Mao's books. Just didn't seem right, a Mao buying Mao's book, but as a gift, it's great! Thanks guys!
It would be remiss of me if I didn't mention that December 26, 2003 would have been Mao's 110th birthday (my 26th birthday is March 6th - Amazon wishlist here). For the big one-ten, China went all out. They even released a CD where Chinese hip-hop artists used some of Chairman Mao's sayings and turned them into song. Oh, those crazy Chinese and their celebrations. See, I'm not joking.
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