Mao Zedong

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

"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."

"Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole."

"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."

"The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship."

"Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically."