"We should go to the masses and..." - Quote by Mao Zedong

“We should never pretend to know what we don't know, we should not feel ashamed to ask and learn from people below, and we should listen carefully to the views of the cadres at the lowest levels. Be a pupil before you become a teacher; learn from the cadres at the lower levels before you issue orders.”

“The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.”

“Anyone who sees only the bright side but not the difficulties cannot fight effectively for the accomplishment of the Party's tasks.”

“Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.”

“Disturbers are to be rebuked, the low spirited to be encouraged, the infirm to be supported, objectors confuted, the treacherous guarded against, the unskilled taught, the lazy aroused, the contentious restrained, the haughty repressed, the poor relieved, the oppressed liberated, the good approved, the evil borne with, and all are to be loved!”

“Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.”

“Learn from the masses, and then teach them.”

“Be pupils of the masses as well as their teachers.”

“Swaraj can only be achieved through an all-round consciousness of the masses.”