All political power comes from the barrel of a gun.

MAO ZEDONG, Problems of War and Strategy

We communists are like seeds and the people are the soil. Wherever we go, we must unite with the people, take root and blossom among them.

MAO ZEDONG, Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedung

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

MAO ZEDONG, "Problems of War and Strategy"