Question

The following quotations are adapted from Mao Zedong's Little Red Book (1964).

A revolution is not a dinner party, or painting a picture; it cannot be leisurely,
gentle, kind, courteous, and restrained. A revolution is an act of violence by
which one class overthrows another.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
Just because we have won a victory, we must never relax our vigilance
[watchfulness] against the mad plots for revenge by the imperialists.
According to these quotations from Mao Zedong, what were his goals and methods?

Answer 1

Based on these quotations from Mao Zedong's Little Red Book, his goals were to achieve revolution, political power, and victory. His methods were violent and involved the use of guns. He believed that revolution could not be achieved through gentle or restrained means and that it was necessary to overthrow one class with another. He also emphasized the need to maintain vigilance against imperialist plots for revenge even after a victory was achieved.