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“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.” SUMMARY: - Sacrifice is going to be necessary in Mao's society. But sacrifice is not something to mourn, it is a decision that will be glorified. Mao is wanting a utilitarian society, where all will be geared towards the greater good. The lif of one is not worth the lives of many.

“In any society in which classes exist, class struggle will never end. In classless society, the struggle between the new and the old and between truth and falsehood will never end. In the fields of the struggle for production and scientific experiment, mankind makes constant progress and nature undergoes constant change; they never remain at the same level. Therefore, man has constantly to sum up experience and go on discovering, inventing, creating, and advancing.” SUMMARY: - The world is not stagnant. In a world with divisions of people, struggle is eternal. Innovation is necessary for people to triumph. New changes must be welcomed, or else life will just get harder.

“In the West imperialism is still oppressing the people at home. This situation must change. It is the task of the people of the whole world to put an end to the aggression and oppression perpetrated by imperialism, and chiefly by U.S. imperialism.” SUMMARY: - The Western mindsets are poisoning you (the people of China). It is necessary to unite and reject the ideologies of the West if we are to the instability as well as the violence and oppression in China.

“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.” SUMMARY: - The young people are the future of China. New strength and new life will govern the world, and thus, for China to prosper, the younger generation must work hard, and study like scholars so they may reap the benefits of a better China. Stray from the Confucian values, value the young, not the old.

“Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practise, and from it alone; they come from three kinds of social practise, the struggle for production, the class struggle, and scientific experiment.” SUMMARY: - Ideologies that benefit the masses are not strokes of genius. They come from trial and error. The 3 types of trial are economic trials, hierarchy trials and scientific/logic reasoning.