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=Corie Hahn- "Quotations by Mao ZeDong."=

1) "Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practice, and from it alone; they come from three kinds of social practice, the struggle for production, the class struggle, and scientific experiment." - Mao Ze Dong is trying to prove that the Cultural Revolution is not that simplistic in terms of how it comes from the mind or just innately comes to your head. He tries to explain that it needs a lot of work and social practice and experience for an effective revolution take place. For example, Mao Ze Dong established the land redistribution to try to improve the economy and social systems of China and therefore, he tried to produce new experiments to make sure that it worked.

2) "A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained, and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another." - Mao Ze Dong states how a revolution does not have a confined limitations in which there is a strict routine where things happen; most of the time, things are unexpected and one just needs to work their way around it. Furthermore, this proves that the Cultural Revolution indeed, was tough for both the economic and social upheavels and changes throughout China.

3) "In the West imperialism is still oppressing the people at home. This situation must change. It is the task of the people of the world to put an end of the agression and oppression perpetrated by imperialism, and chiefly by the U.S. imperialism." - Even though Mao Ze Dong supported the Marxist ideas and brought in Western influences, he is stating how imperialism should not go to such an extent in which they would continually exploit and imperialize the people, even the socities that have been imperializing in the first place. (for example, Western Europe and the U.S.)

4) "Wherever there is struggle, there is sacrifice, and death is a common occurrence. But we have the interests of the people and the sufferings of the great majority at heart, and when we die for the people it is a worthy death. Nevertheless, we should do our best to avoid unnecessary sacrifices." - Mao Ze Dong is trying to state how everytime a new thinking and revolution takes place in a society, there must be sacrifices in which the people of the country or nation must under go. For example, clashes between the political systems and social classes occurred heavily upon China and many people suffered through agricultural and economic struggles. Where there are new ideas bringing in (in this case, radical communism vs. moderate communism.) it's always going to be tough because there are always the conservatives and liberals and the political authority figures which disagree with one another.

5) "The world is yours, as well as ours, but in the last analysis, it is yours. You young people, full of vigor and vitality, are in the bloom of life, like the sun at eight or nine in the morning. Our hope is placed on you." - This last quote explains how in order to take a revolution take in place, the society as a whole needs to contribute. It is not solely for the political authority or a tolertarian leadership/dictatorship, it is the peoples' job to be able to push forward these changes because a revolution needs to take a lot of the people in, in order to realistically occur in China. Since China is also a very populus area, it is required for the society as a whole to accept the new changes and radical reforms brought in order for the revolution to take place.