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- The quote evidently shows that Mao believed the revolutions couldn't be gentle or leisurely. However, he did believe that revolutions were all about violent overthrows of classes. This relates to the most violent and chaotic phase of the Cultural Revolution, when the civilians inflicted violence upon their communities and clashed with each other because of the absence of the official guidelines for identifying "true Communists." Mao believed that violent uprisings of the civilian class was a normal in a revolution.
 * 1) " 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 shows that he is aware of the occurrence of civilian deaths in a revolution, and that these sufferings and deaths are very worthy. However, he claims that these deaths should be avoided, especially unnecessary ones. Again, it seems like he is supporting the civilians(especially the poor) in this quote, since it was a fact that the innocent civilians always had to suffer the most.
 * 3) "Wherever there is struggle, there is sacrifice, and death is a common occurrence. But we have 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."**

- In this quote, Mao shows his belief in class struggles. He talks about how the humans advance through constant class struggles. Without any troubles or struggles, mankind cannot make progress, and therefore struggles should happen in order to reach something better. He implies that the working class should try to be equal to their upper classes, which relates to his ideal Communism: equality.
 * 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, and advancing."**

- Mao says that it correct ideas don't just come from one's mind, but from social practice. Right minds and thoughts can only be achieved through struggles and experiments in society, he implies. Therefore, he is also saying that the civilians should work together as a community rather than working on their own if they want to have the right ideas. This also relates to Mao's ideal communism, since he always emphasized the necessity of people working together, and was strongly opposed to individual incentives. He thought they went against pure communism.
 * 6) "Where do correct ideas come form? 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."**

- This quote says that the younger generations are the future of this world. Mao believed that the younger Chinese would have to be the ones to take over China in their generation, which is probably why he was so focused on getting them good education. He strongly feels that China's future depends on their next generations, and emphasizes their importance.
 * 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 the bloom of life, like the sun at eight or nine in the morning. Our hope is placed on you."**