Mao Tse-tung Quote

"Every Communist must grasp the truth, 'Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.'  Our principle is that the [Communist] Party commands the gun and the gun will never be allowed to command the Party."

by:	Mao Tse-tung Premier of China (1893 - 1976)
Source:	"Problems of War and Strategy," November 6, 1938, in 'Selected Works of Mao Zedong' (1965)
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Categories:	Communism, Guns, Power
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How to rate this ? ? ? The statement is accurate enough but disgusting. How to rate this ? ? ?  -- Mike, Norwalk      2
-- Robert, Somewhere in Europe
-- Al, DC
Mao, like Stalin, loved unchallenged power.  -- cal, lewisville, tx      1
Reading this all I can think of is Anita Dunn speaking to a room full of high school students announcing to them this murdering monster was her role model, how utterly twisted can you get. And who recruited Anita Dunn for the Obama administration? That's right!  -- Mike, Pleasant Hill      1
Mao, Castro, Stalin and Hitler were real thugs and this is only a partial list.  -- jim k, Austin      1
How about: "Every progressive liberal must grasp the truth, 'Political power grows out of gun control.' Our principle is that the Democratic Party will command the gun and the gun will never be allowed to command the Democratic Party."  -- E Archer, NYC      1
Charlton Heston said it so well and I concur; "I'll give you my gun when you pry (or take) it from my cold, dead hands"  -- Warrdoc, Elk Grove,      1

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