"All reactionaries are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are not so powerful. From a long-term point of view, it is not the reactionaries but the people who are really powerful."
- "Talk with American Correspondent Anna Louise Strong" (August 1946) https://mastodon.social/media/cylKcx4FnN8wINq6ou0
"Victory is possible even without international help."... In the epoch in which imperialism exists, it is impossible for a genuine people's revolution to win victory in any country without various forms of help from the international revolutionary forces, and even if victory were won, it could not be consolidated. This was the case with the victory and consolidation of the great October Revolution, as Lenin and Stalin told us long ago.
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"War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states, or political groups, and it has existed ever since the emergence of private property and of classes."
- "Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War"(December 1936) https://mastodon.social/media/vKt7i_rjYgqMCAHnafg
Amazingly constructed study guide for anyone interested in developing themselves https://www.reddit.com/r/RevDem/comments/61ymuo/marxistleninistmaoist_study_guide/
@amerikkkan don't forget, there's a really good concise course for MLM too http://massalijn.nl/theory/marxism-leninism-maoism-basic-course/