Mao Zedong Quotes About Discipline
-
This army is powerful because all its members have a conscious discipline; they have come together and they fight not for the private interests of a few individuals or a narrow clique, but for the interests of the broad masses and of the whole nation. The sole purpose of this army is to stand firmly with the Chinese people and to serve them whole-heartedly.
→ -
Education in democracy must be carried on within the Party so that members can understand the meaning of democratic life, the meaning of the relationship between democracy and centralism, and the way in which democratic centralism should be put into practice. Only in this way can we really extend democracy within the Party and at the same time avoid ultra-democracy and the laissez-faire that destroys discipline.
→ -
The popular masses are like water, and the army is like a fish. How then can it be said that when there is water, a fish will have difficulty in preserving its existence? An army which fails to maintain good discipline gets into opposition with the popular masses, and thus by its own action dries up the water.
→ -
Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is a corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy and creates dissension. It robs the revolutionary ranks of compact organization and strict discipline, prevents policies from being carried through and alienates the Party organizations from the masses which the Party leads. It is an extremely bad tendency.
→ -
The exemplary vanguard role of the Communists is of vital importance. Communists in the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies should set an example in fighting bravely, carrying out orders, observing discipline, doing political work and fostering internal unity and solidarity.
→
Mao Zedong
- Born: December 26, 1893
- Died: September 9, 1976
- Occupation: Former Chairman of the Communist Party of China
Related Authors
-
Hu Jintao Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China -
Fidel Castro Former Prime Minister of Cuba -
Che Guevara Revolutionary -
Joseph Stalin Former Premier of the Soviet Union -
Deng Xiaoping Politician -
Vladimir Lenin Revolutionary -
Sun Yat-sen Politician -
Zhou Enlai Diplomat -
Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Communist Party of China -
Benito Mussolini Former Duce -
Liu Shaoqi Chinese Statesman -
Karl Marx Philosopher -
Pol Pot Political leader -
Chiang Kai-shek Former President of the Republic of China -
Ho Chi Minh Political leader -
Jiang Qing Film actress -
Lin Biao Chinese Political leader -
Leon Trotsky Revolutionary -
Jiang Zemin Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China -
Adolf Hitler Former Chancellor of Germany