Quotations of Chairman Mao Zedong - Page 3

From the Selected Memoirs of Deng Xiaoping

3 Stresses

  1. Stress appearance and bearing.
  2. Stress manners.
  3. Stress a sense of discipline.

5 Evils (Anti's)

  1. Bribery
  2. Tax evasion
  3. Theft of state property
  4. Cheating on government contracts
  5. Stealing of economic information

3 Evils (Anti's)

  1. Corruption
  2. Waste
  3. Bureaucracy

2 Whatevers

  1. We will resolutely uphold whatever policy decisions Chairman Mao made.
  2. We will unswervingly follow whatever instructions Chairman Mao gave.

However, referring to the above later:

Deng Xiaoping, in speaking to two members of the Central Committee of the CPC in 1977, said,
" I told them that the 'two whatevers' were unacceptable."


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