“The friend, enemy, and combat concepts receive their real meaning precisely because they refer to the real possibility of physical killing. War follows from enmity. War is the existential negation of the enemy.”

“War as the most extreme political means discloses the possibility which underlies every political idea, namely, the distinction of friend and enemy.”

“Our war with the capitalist world will be a just and progressive war. The Red Army will act decisively, seeking complete defeat and destruction of the enemy, transferring combat operations to the territory of the enemy.”

“It is better to learn war early from friends, than late from enemies.”

“Only by waging such a people's war can we defeat the national enemy. The Kuomintang has failed precisely because of its desperate opposition to a people's war.”

“War is possible only if you have a lot of enemies. If all the enemies get together and form one front - if you cut down the number of enemies - there would be no war.”

“It is necessary to keep in mind the possibility of simultaneously conducting two, if not three, offensive operations of various fronts on a theater of war with the intention of strategically shaking the enemy's entire combat capability as extensively as possible.”

“The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.”

“A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend.”

“Just because you're the enemy of my enemy don't mean you're my friend, Han thought.”