| Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically. |
| I voted for you during your last election. (To President Richard M Nixon) |
| Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive. |
| All reactionaries are paper tigers. |
| Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy. |
| Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly and modestly. |
| Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly. (On intellectuals) |
| Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible. |
| Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. |
| Every Communist must grasp the truth, 'Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.' Our principle is that the Communist Party commands the gun and the gun will never be allowed to command the Party. |
