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= Quotations By Mao Zedong =

In order to attain something, then sacrifice is a necessity. As the saying goes, "when a person can be saved, then the others are killed." Mao knows that in order to get a change in the government of the country through a revolution, then it's natural that people would need to sacrifice their own life for that purpose. When a person dedicates themselves with a goal and are passionate about it, then they are willing to sacrifice their own lives in order to achieve that goal. Mao believed that his group of revolutionaries were united in the way that they all suffered and had the same goal. But he also mentioned that they would try to avoid unnecessary deaths even though sacrifices would be unavoidable. Mao promised his people a realistic goal and told them out front that there would be casualties. He was a type of leader people followed because he didn't try to hide his plans or ambitions but outright said it so that people who truly believed in his ideas would follow him, not simply blinded by honey-dipped words.The quote also touched upon the thinking that people must serve the government and that it was considered noble to die for their country.
 * 3) "Whenever there is struggle, there is sacrifice, and death is a common occurence. 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 worth ydeath. Nevertheless, we should do our best to avoid unnecessary sacrifices."**

The quote focuses especially on the theme of equality in which the young, women, poor, and children need to be on "equal footing" with the rest of the society in order to maximize the efforts that could be used for the war and to improve the society. Mao believed in the Marxist values in which everyone in the society were the same. Also touching upon some feminism values, this quote probably encouraged many women and the young to follow Mao because he vowed for equality. Men weren't above all others and the rich did not rule above the poor. Everyone, including the bourgeoisie were on the same footing and this explains Mao's reasoning to why he changed the farming ways into one where all farmers shared land and gained the same profits. Rather than fight over who is of higher class than the other, it was more of a necessity to be fighting for realistic values like preparing for war. Also, in order to help people to the same level, Mao encouraged his supporters to help the poor, by treating them as an equal.
 * 4) "Protect the interests of the youth, women, and children-provide assitance to young students who cannot afford to continue their studies, help the youth and women to organize in order to participate on an equal footing in all work useful to the war effort and to social progress, ensure freedom of marriage and equality as between men and women, and give young people and children a useful education..."**

Mao explains that if class exists then class struggle will never end and a battle of new versus old/truth versus falsehood will also continue. In one sense, he is being quite idealistic because he knows that this utopia in which nobody fights one another exists. He bases it on the reason that people always change as nature does and as a conclusion, he proposes that people must learn from their changes. "Therefore, man has constantly to sum up experience and go on discovering, inventing, creating, and advancing." Because he had realistic thinking compared to the other corrupted government who would have promised everything good to the citizens, many people would have supported Mao.
 * 5) "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."**

The quote explains that correct ideas come from the three practices: struggle for production, class struggle, and scientific experiment. Just like how money doesn't come out of thin air, knowledge also doesn't come easily but rather requires experience. Mao's revolution could be supported by his quote because what Mao is trying to say is that after all these revolts and fighting, people will learn and gain knowledge from it. Also, he seems to be touching upon the topic of equality for Mao states, "Are they innate in the mind? No." What this section signifies is that some people aren't gifted with knowledge because knowledge is something that everyone has the opportunity of learning. Nobody is smarter than another and this depicts how everyone is the same with one another on the basis of knowledge.
 * 6) "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 places his hopes in the future generation because they are the ones who can make a significant change in the future. If the future generation decide to follow Mao's thinking, then the future would be shaped into one where Marxist values rule. But if they decide not to follow him, then the future would be more leaning towards Capitalistic values. Even though all these revolts and fighting are going on, the main difference that will happe would be in the future and this future lies in the hands of the future generation. That's why Mao wanted to convince the younger generation to follow his thinkings and gather them so that the future of China would be Communist.
 * 7) "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 place on you."**