Mao Zedong Quotes about Military

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When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue.

When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue.

Mao Zedong

Military, Enemy, Anarchy

The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.

Mao Zedong

Military, Moving, Sea

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Mao Zedong

Military, Gun, Chinese Revolution

Speech at sixth plenary session of Central Committee, Communist Party, Yan'an, China, 6 Nov. 1938

Be resolute, fear no sacrifice, and surmount every difficulty to win victory.

Mao Zedong

Military, Sacrifice, Winning

Zedong Mao (1972). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung”, p.182, China Books

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.

Mao Zedong

Change, Military, Learning

Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.108, Lulu.com

Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.

Mao Zedong

Military, War, Men

Zedong Mao (1954). “Selected Works”

Revolutionary war is an antitoxin which not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth.

Mao Zedong

Military, War, Enemy

Zedong Mao, Stuart Schram (2015). “Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49: V. 6: New Stage (August 1937-1938): Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49”, p.336, Routledge

An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.

Mao Zedong

Military, Army, Enemy

Zedong Mao (1972). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung”, p.303, China Books

There are some militarists who say: ‘We are not interested in politics but only in the profession of arms.’ It is vital that these simple-minded militarists be made to realize the relationship that exists between politics and military affairs. Military action is a method used to attain a political goal. While military affairs and political affairs are not identical, it is impossible to isolate one from the other.

Mao Zedong

Military, Simple, Goal

"On Guerrilla Warfare".

The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.

Mao Zedong

Military, People, Economic

Zedong Mao, Mao Tse-Tung (1965). “Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung”, Pergamon

The popular masses are like water, and the army is like a fish. How then can it be said that when there is water, a fish will have difficulty in preserving its existence? An army which fails to maintain good discipline gets into opposition with the popular masses, and thus by its own action dries up the water.

Mao Zedong

Military, Army, Discipline