Mao Zedong Gun Quotations

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

After the enemies with guns have been wiped out, there will still be enemies without guns; they are bound to struggle desperately against us, and we must never regard these enemies lightly. If we do nor now raise and understand the problem in this way, we shall commit the gravest mistakes.

Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party.

We are indebted to Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin for giving us a weapon. The weapon is not a machine-gun, but Marxism-Leninism.

Morality begins at the point of a gun.

Power comes from the muzzle of a gun, those that have the guns have the power, those that have the power dictate what type of government their shall be.

The Communist party must control the guns.

All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party.