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Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 421.
February 12, 2026 at 2:12 AM
force in overthrowing imperialism and the Kuomintang reactionaries. The transition from New Democracy to socialism also depends mainly upon their alliance. “On the People's Democratic Dictatorship” (June 30, 1949), www.marxists.info/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-4/mswv4_65.htm
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knowledge. www.marxists.info/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-9/mswv9_01.htm Where Do Correct ideas Come from?, (May 1963) p. 3.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:05 AM
British Journalist James Bertram” (October 25, 1937), www.marxists.info/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_05.htm Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 54.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM
the same time they have to keep within the bounds of socialist discipline. www.marxists.info/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-5/mswv5_58.htm On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People, (February 27, 1957), 1st pocket ed., pp. 10-11.
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February 11, 2026 at 8:10 PM
without freedom, nor can we do without discipline; we cannot do without democracy, nor can we do without centralism. This unity of democracy and centralism, of freedom and discipline, constitutes our democratic centralism. Under this system, the people enjoy extensive democracy and freedom, but at
February 11, 2026 at 8:10 PM
before it breaks out and, once it breaks out, to oppose war with war, to oppose unjust war with just war, whenever possible. “On Protracted War” (May 1938), www.marxists.info/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_09.htm Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 150.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:13 AM
just wars; we actively participate in them. As for unjust wars, World War I is an instance in which both sides fought for imperialist interests; therefore, the Communists of the whole world firmly opposed that war. The way to oppose a war of this kind is to do everything possible to prevent it
February 11, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 173.
February 11, 2026 at 2:06 AM