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"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 (more quotes by Mao Tse-tung or books by/about Mao Tse-tung) |
Premier of China (1893 - 1976) | |
Source: | "Problems of War and Strategy," November 6, 1938, in 'Selected Works of Mao Zedong' (1965) |
Categories: | Communism, Guns, Power |
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