Mao Zedong

Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.

Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.

There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.

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

Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.