“As a Republican, I have listened to Democrats talk about the only two times we won the White House in like 200 years that we stole both elections. I had to sit through Fahrenheit 9/11 and a lady was sobbing violently behind me about the election being stolen by George Bush and I patted her half way through and said, 'it's alright, it's alright. It's all a lie anyway.' Democrats have been whining for 16 years, they're still writing articles about how Bush stole the election in 2004 and 2000.” WayWritingYearsHas BeensSaidStillsTwoLyingHouseWhiteBehindsHalfRepublicanElectionDemocratWhite HouseArticlesStolenAlrightWhiningSobbingHalf Way Author:Joe Scarborough
“Do not suppose, first of all, that Mao Tse-tung could be the "saviour" of China. Nonsense. There will never be one "saviour" of China. Yet undeniably you feel a certain force of destiny in him.” FeelsFirstsCertainForceDestinyChinaNonsenseSaviourMao Author:Edgar Snow
“Mao lived very much like the rank and file of the Red Army. After ten years of leadership of the Reds, after hundreds of confiscations of property of landlords, officials and tax collectors, he owned only his blankets, and a few personal belongings, including two cotton uniforms. Although he is a Red Army commander as well as chairman, he wore on his coat collar only two Red bars that are the insignia of the ordinary Red soldier.” YearsWellsTwoTenTaxesOrdinaryRedArmyPropertyIncludingSoldierBarsOfficialsBelongingUniformsCoatsFilesCommandersBlanketChairmanCollectorsCottonCollarsMaoLandlordRed Army Author:Edgar Snow
“Mao appears to be quite free from symptoms of megalomania, but he has a deep sense of personal dignity, and something about him suggests a power of ruthless decision when he deems it necessary.” DecisionDignitySymptomsRuthlessMaoPersonal DignityMegalomania Author:Edgar Snow
“There seemed to be nothing in Mao that might be called religious feeling; his judgments were reached, I believe, on the basis of reason and necessity. Because of this I think he has probably on the whole been a moderating influence in the Communist movement where life and death are concerned.” ThinkingBelieveReasonWholeFeelingsMightI BelieveReligiousInfluenceMovementJudgmentConcernedBasesLife And DeathCommunistMao Author:Edgar Snow
“I doubt very much if Mao would ever command great respect from the intellectual élite of China, perhaps not entirely because he has an extraordinary mind, but because he has the personal habits of a peasant.” IfsMindDoubtHabitIntellectualExtraordinaryChinaCommandPeasantsGreat RespectMao Author:Edgar Snow
“Marx, if he had come back alive would have said Mao's his boy.” IfsSaidBoysAliveMao Author:Paul Sweezy
“Mao is the only real Marxist at the leadership level in the post-Marx period.” RealLevelsPeriodsPostsMarxistMao Author:Paul Sweezy
“[Lenin] might have become a Maoist in the sense of attacking the party and bombarding the party headquarters out of necessity to change the whole thing around.” WholeMightPartyAttackingHeadquarters Author:Paul Sweezy
“When you look around the room during meetings and practice, you see that everyone has the same goal. It's obvious by the way that everyone is preparing and getting ready.” WayLooksGoalRoomsPracticeReadyMeetingsObviousPreparing Author:Eric Kendricks