Mao Zedong słynne cytaty
„Z tego, że po jedzeniu trzeba się wysrać, nie wynika, że jedzenie jest stratą czasu.”
dokonawszy przeglądu wad rewolucji kulturalnej w 1974.
Źródło: Paul Johnson, Historia świata (od roku 1917), op. cit., s. 584.
przyznając się w gronie Biura Politycznego do klęski Wielkiego Skoku w 1959.
Źródło: Paul Johnson, Historia świata (od roku 1917), op. cit., s. 584.
Mao Zedong Cytaty o historii
opisując sytuację polityczną w Chinach po obaleniu monarchii cesarskiej
Źródło: Jerome Ch’en, Mao, cyt. za: Shelley Klein, Najgroźniejsi dyktatorzy w historii, tłum. Jolanta Sawicka, wyd. Muza, Warszawa 2008, ISBN 9788374953238, s. 76.
Źródło: On Tactics against Japanese Imperialism, cyt. za: Shelley Klein, Najgroźniejsi dyktatorzy w historii, op. cit., s. 78.
„Niezdrowo, żeby pot wysychał na ciele.”
według relacji belgijskiego komunisty 18 sierpnia 1966 podczas ogromnego wiecu hunwejbinów na Placu Niebiańskiego Spokoju Mao oddalał się co pewien czas, aby zdjąć kurtkę i wytrzeć pot na piersi i pod pachami, komentując tę czynność powyższymi słowami.
Źródło: Paul Johnson, Historia świata (od roku 1917), op. cit., s. 584.
przemawiając w 1956 na posiedzeniu Biura Politycznego.
Źródło: Paul Johnson, Historia świata (od roku 1917), op. cit., s. 584.
„Niech zakwitnie sto kwiatów, niech rywalizują ze sobą różne szkoły myślenia.”
Źródło: Shelley Klein, Najgroźniejsi dyktatorzy w historii, op. cit., s. 82.
Mao Zedong Cytaty o ludziach
wystąpienie pod koniec lipca 1959 w kwestii niepokojów społecznych związanych z kryzysem ekonomicznym.
Źródło: Stanisław Głąbiński, Mao i inni, wyd. Książka i Wiedza, Warszawa 1974, s. 52
Mao Zedong cytaty
„Kobiety dźwigają połowę nieba.”
Źródło: Erich Schaake, Kobiety dyktatorów, wyd. Videograf II, Katowice 2004, s. 9.
„Teraz jesteśmy tylko dwojgiem towarzyszy.”
list do He Zizhen, żony, informując ją o zakończeniu małżeństwa.
Źródło: Diane Durcet, Kobiety dyktatorów
„Dla osiągnięcia celu politycznego można poświęcić w ofierze połowę ludzkości.”
Źródło: przemówienie w Moskwie, listopad 1957
Źródło: Shlomo Avineri, Varieties of Marxism, Haga 1977, s. 89.
„Bomba atomowa wybucha na rozkaz,
Ach, co za bezgraniczna radość!”
dwuwiersz ułożony z okazji pierwszej udanej próby jądrowej przeprowadzonej przez Chińczyków.
Źródło: Roger Howard, Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese People, cyt. za: Shelley Klein, Najgroźniejsi dyktatorzy w historii, op. cit., s. 77.
Źródło: Jonathan Fenby, Chiny. Upadek i narodziny wielkiej potęgi, Kraków 2009, s. 553.
Źródło: Edward Snow, Red Star over China, cyt. za: Shelley Klein, Najgroźniejsi dyktatorzy w historii, op. cit., s. 77.
Źródło: Paul Johnson, Historia świata (od roku 1917), wyd. Polonia Book Fund Ltd, 1989, ISBN 0902352806, s. 585.
wypowiedziane podczas konferencji partyjnej w Zhengzhou w lutym 1959.
Źródło: Jonathan Fenby, Chiny. Upadek i narodziny wielkiej potęgi, Kraków 2009, s. 555.
Źródło: Roger Howard, Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese People, cyt. za: Shelley Klein, Najgroźniejsi dyktatorzy w historii, tłum. Jolanta Sawicka, op. cit., s. 75.
Mao Zedong: Cytaty po angielsku
“I ask, on this bondless land
Who rules over man's destiny?”
Changsha (1925)
Kontekst: Alone I stand in the autumn cold
On the tip of Orange Island,
Xiang flowing northward;
I see a thousand hills crimsoned through
By their serried woods deep-dyed,
And a hundred barges vying
Over crystal blue waters.
Eagles cleave the air,
Fish glide under the shallow water;
Under freezing skies a million creatures contend in freedom.
Brooding over this immensity,
I ask, on this bondless land
Who rules over man's destiny?
Źródło: On Coalition Government (1945)
“Be resolute, fear no sacrifice and surmount every difficulty to win victory.”
Chapter 19 https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/ch19.htm; originally published in The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains (June 11, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 321.
Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (The Little Red Book)
“ A New Storm Against Imperialism https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-9/mswv9_80.htm” (1968)
" VIII. ON "LET A HUNDRED FLOWERS BLOSSOM LET A HUNDRED SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT CONTEND" AND "LONG-TERM COEXISTENCE AND MUTUAL SUPERVISION" "
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
Oryginał: (zh-CN) 马克思主义者不应该害怕任何人批评。相反，马克思主义者就是要在人们的批评中间，就是要在斗争的风雨中间，锻炼自己，发展自己，扩大自己的阵地。同错误思想作斗争，好比种牛痘，经过了牛痘疫苗的作用，人身上就增强免疫力。在温室里培养出来的东西，不会有强大的生命力。实行百花齐放、百家争鸣的方针，并不会削弱马克思主义在思想界的领导地位，相反地正是会加强它的这种地位。
“We should support whatever our enemies oppose and oppose whatever our enemies support.”
Fánshì dírén fǎnduì de, wǒmen jiù yào yǒnghù; fánshì dírén yǒnghù de, wǒmen jiù yào fǎnduì.
If the enemy opposes, we must support it; if the enemy supports it, we must oppose it.
Chapter 2 https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/ch02.htm, originally published in Interview with Three Correspondents from the Central News Agency, the Sao Tang Pao and the Hsin Min Pao (September 16, 1939), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 272.
Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (The Little Red Book)
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
Oryginał: (zh-CN) 马克思主义的哲学认为，对立统一规律是宇宙的根本规律。这个规律，不论在自然界、人类社会和人们的思想中，都是普遍存在的。矛盾着的对立面又统一，又斗争，由此推动事物的运动和变化。矛盾是普遍存在的，不过按事物的性质不同，矛盾的性质也就不同。对于任何一个具体的事物说来，对立的统一是有条件的、暂时的、过渡的，因而是相对的，对立的斗争则是绝对的。
Speech http://books.google.com/books?id=ftv7ks-Ehq0C&q=%22strategically+we+should+despise+all+our+enemies+while+tactically+we+should+take+them+all+seriously%22&pg=PA789#v=onepage in Moscow at the meeting of Communist and Workers Parties of Socialist Countries https://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/sino-soviet-split/other/1957declaration.htm (18 November 1957)
On Practice (1937)
Swimming advice to physician Zhisui Li (1966), quoted in The TIME 100 (13 April 1998) http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/mao.html
“The more books you read, the more stupid you become.”
Speech (26 June 1965), quoted in Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, Mao: The Unknown Story (2005), p. 507
1960s
“A revolution is not a dinner party”
Chapter 2 https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/ch02.htm, originally published in Report on an investigation of the peasant movement in Hunan http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_2.htm (March 1927), Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 28.
https://www.marxists.org/chinese/big5/nonmarxists/mao/19270300.htm.湖南農民運動考察報告
Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (The Little Red Book)
Kontekst: 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.
“Contradiction and struggle are universal and absolute”
On Contradiction (1937)
Kontekst: 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 and 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.
“Every Communist must grasp the truth: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
Chapter 5 https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/ch05.htm, originally published in Problems of War and Strategy (November 6, 1938), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 224.
Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (The Little Red Book)
The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains (1945)
Kontekst: There is an ancient Chinese fable called "The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains". It tells of an old man who lived in northern China long, long ago and was known as the Foolish Old Man of North Mountain. His house faced south and beyond his doorway stood the two great peaks, Taihang and Wangwu, obstructing the way. He called his sons, and hoe in hand they began to dig up these mountains with great determination. Another graybeard, known as the Wise Old Man, saw them and said derisively, "How silly of you to do this! It is quite impossible for you few to dig up those two huge mountains." The Foolish Old Man replied, "When I die, my sons will carry on; when they die, there will be my grandsons, and then their sons and grandsons, and so on to infinity. High as they are, the mountains cannot grow any higher and with every bit we dig, they will be that much lower. Why can't we clear them away?" Having refuted the Wise Old Man's wrong view, he went on digging every day, unshaken in his conviction. God was moved by this, and he sent down two angels, who carried the mountains away on their backs. Today, two big mountains lie like a dead weight on the Chinese people. One is imperialism, the other is feudalism. The Chinese Communist Party has long made up its mind to dig them up. We must persevere and work unceasingly, and we, too, will touch God's heart. Our God is none other than the masses of the Chinese people. If they stand up and dig together with us, why can't these two mountains be cleared away?
“Our God is none other than the masses of the Chinese people.”
The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains (1945)
Kontekst: There is an ancient Chinese fable called "The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains". It tells of an old man who lived in northern China long, long ago and was known as the Foolish Old Man of North Mountain. His house faced south and beyond his doorway stood the two great peaks, Taihang and Wangwu, obstructing the way. He called his sons, and hoe in hand they began to dig up these mountains with great determination. Another graybeard, known as the Wise Old Man, saw them and said derisively, "How silly of you to do this! It is quite impossible for you few to dig up those two huge mountains." The Foolish Old Man replied, "When I die, my sons will carry on; when they die, there will be my grandsons, and then their sons and grandsons, and so on to infinity. High as they are, the mountains cannot grow any higher and with every bit we dig, they will be that much lower. Why can't we clear them away?" Having refuted the Wise Old Man's wrong view, he went on digging every day, unshaken in his conviction. God was moved by this, and he sent down two angels, who carried the mountains away on their backs. Today, two big mountains lie like a dead weight on the Chinese people. One is imperialism, the other is feudalism. The Chinese Communist Party has long made up its mind to dig them up. We must persevere and work unceasingly, and we, too, will touch God's heart. Our God is none other than the masses of the Chinese people. If they stand up and dig together with us, why can't these two mountains be cleared away?
“The army must become one with the people so that they see it as their own army.”
Such an army will be invincible....
On Protracted Warfare (1938)
“A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.”
Chapter 2 https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/ch02.htm, originally published in Report on an investigation of the peasant movement in Hunan http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_2.htm (March 1927), Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 28.
https://www.marxists.org/chinese/big5/nonmarxists/mao/19270300.htm.湖南農民運動考察報告
Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (The Little Red Book)
Kontekst: 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.
On Protracted Warfare (1938)
Kontekst: Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things that are decisive. The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. People necessarily wield military and economic power.
On Coalition Government (1945)
" VI. THE QUESTION OF THE MINORITY NATIONALITIES "
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
Oryginał: (zh-CN) 我国少数民族有三千多万人，虽然只占全国总人口的百分之六，但是居住地区广大，约占全国总面积的百分之五十至六十。所以汉族和少数民族的关系一定要搞好。这个问题的关键是克服大汉族主义。在存在有地方民族主义的少数民族中间，则应当同时克服地方民族主义。无论是大汉族主义或者地方民族主义，都不利于各族人民的团结，这是应当克服的一种人民内部的矛盾。
On Contradiction (1937)
Oryginał: (zh-CN) 党内不同思想的对立和斗争是经常发生的，这是社会的阶级矛盾和新旧事物的矛盾在党内的反映。党内如果没有矛盾和解决矛盾的思想斗争，党的生命也就停止了。
“On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism” (December 27, 1935)
As quoted by the Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK http://www.uk-songun.com/index.php?p=1_287_MAO-ZEDONG-SAID-COMRADE-KIM-IL-SUNG-SHOULD-LED-THE-INTERNATIONAL-COMMUNIST-MOVEMENT
On Protracted Warfare (1938)
Oryginał: (zh-CN) 军队应实行一定限度的民主化，主要地是废除封建主义的打骂制度和官兵生活同甘苦。这样一来，官兵一致的目的就达到了，军队就增加了绝大的战斗力，长期的残酷的战争就不患不能支持。
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
Mao, 1967, as quoted by Jing Huang in The Role of Government Propaganda in the Educational System during the Cultural Revolution in China http://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Cultural-Revolution-in-China-paper.pdf.
The Economy of New Democracy
On New Democracy (1940)
