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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 knows the weight of revolution. He doesn't consider it as a entertainment but more like a serious event. Also he believes that in order to achieve successful real revolution, they need someone's blood and it cannot be done without one. During the revolution period, there can be no benevolence and forgiveness.

2) “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.” - According to his quote, it seems that he dislike the West imperialism, which oppress people. So he argued that the situation of U.S. imperialism's domination over the whole world should be ended.

3) “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.” - He thinks that it is worth dying for the interests of the people and the sufferings of the great majority of people. By sacrificying one's life, if we can achieve something worth to improve the current stage, there can be no regret on it. However, he still believes that the life is important and unless it is really necessary, there is no need to sacrifice one's life.

4) "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." - This justifies and explains the reason why he encourage the movement of breaking "Four Olds". He didn't want to tie on to the old ideas, but progress towards the new and young concepts and ideas. So he emphasizes the importance of innovation for no struggle.

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.” - By this quote, we can easily identify that Mao especially encouraged young people, which is most of the Red Guards. He dislikes the old traditional idea and instead of it, he chose young new generation, with new and fresh idea with unlimited energy.