"By over-all planning, we mean planning which..." - Quote by Mao Zedong
By over-all planning, we mean planning which takes into consideration the interests of the 600 million people of our country. In drawing up plans, handling affairs or thinking over problems, we must proceed from the fact that China has a population of 600 million people, and we must never forget this fact.
More by Mao Zedong
“The most effective method of propaganda directed at the enemy forces is to release captured soldiers and give the wounded medical treatment... Whenever soldiers of enemy forces are captured, we immediately conduct propaganda among them...This immediately knocks the bottom out of the enemy's slander that the Communist bandits kill everyone on sight.”
“Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.”
“If we did ten things, nine were bad and got disclosed by the newspapers, we will be over. Then I will go, to the countryside, lead the peasant and revolt. If the Liberation Army do not follow me, I will get the Red Army.”
More on Planning
“Communities should be planned with an eye to the effect on the human spirit of being continually surrounded by a maximum of beauty.”
“We should not underestimate the enormity of the task which lies ahead. But little can be achieved without sound money. It is the bedrock of sound government.”
“Take [preventive] action before things happen. Establish order before disorder has begun.”