 There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants. |
| Political work is the life-blood of all economic work. |
| The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it. |
| Women hold up half the sky. |
| Learn from the masses, and then teach them. |
| Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive. |
| In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance. |
| In waking a tiger, use a long stick. |
| Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work. |
