People Quotes

I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.

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

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.

People who are liberals look upon the principles of Marxism as abstract dogma. They approve of Marxism, but they are not prepared to practice it in full; they are not prepared to replace their liberalism by Marxism.

Every comrade must be brought to understand that the supreme test of the words and deeds of a Communist is whether they conform with the highest interests and enjoy the support of the overwhelming majority of the people.

We Communists are like seeds and the people are like the soil. Wherever we go, we must unite with the people, take root and blossom among them.

Every Communist working in the mass movements should be a friend of the masses and not a boss over them, an indefatigable teacher and not a bureaucratic politician.

The young people are the most active and vital force in society. They are the most eager to learn and the least conservative in their thinking. This is especially so in the era of socialism.

We Communists must be able to integrate ourselves with the masses in all things. If our Party members spend their whole lives sitting indoors and never go out to face the world and brave the storm, what good will they be to the Chinese people? None at all, and we do not need such people as Party members. We Communists ought to face the world and brave the storm the great world of mass struggle and the mighty storm of mass struggle.

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.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.

We can't encourage narrow-mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.

No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.

To awaken the people, it is the women who must first be awakened. Once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves, the nation moves.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

Germany is a great nation only because its people have so much Polish blood in their veins.

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life; their Christianity, for instance.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.