Basically no, I mean I think that it`s very easy to like I say, smoke a joint or even to wear a Chairman Mao button, or do a lot of these things with out knowing what`s behind it, and what it really means.
- Lester BangsIt`s much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then to actually read the Communist manifesto and things like that and actually become involved in politics.
- Lester BangsRemember the words of Chairman Mao: `It`s always darkest before it`s totally black.`.
- John McCainThe Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao.
- Steve ForbesAfter having known all the top Chinese statesmen from Mao Zedong onwards, I am quite confident that also the present leadership is convinced of this necessity,
- Helmut Schmidt