• As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them, but should befriend them, unite with them, convince them and encourage them to go forward.

    Mao Zedong: As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them, but should befriend them, unite with them, convince them and encourage them to go forward.
    Zedong Mao, Stuart Schram (2015). “Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49: v. 6: New Stage (August 1937-1938): Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49”, p.765, Routledge