Quote #4

The cult of xenophobia is the cheapest and surest method of obtaining from the masses the ignorant and savage patriotism, which puts the blame for every political folly or social misfortune upon the foreigner.

More from Mao Zedong

  1. Don't think about it. If you don't think about it, you won't sink. If you do, you will.
  2. Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
  3. Ours is a people's democratic dictatorship, led by the working class and based on the worker-peasant alliance.
  4. I don't care if we're so poor we can't afford to wear pants; I want that bomb built.
  5. ????,???? (Simplified Chinese), ????,???? (Traditional Chinese), baihuaqifang, baijiazhengming (Pinyin)
  6. It's always darkest before it's totally black.
  7. Collected Works of Mao Zedong at the Maoist Internationalist Movement (MIM) a sect of Maoism
  8. Mao Zedong portal from the PLA Daily; includes some photos and poetry

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