Before it explodes, a bomb is a single entity in which oppo… - Mao Zedong

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Before it explodes, a bomb is a single entity in which opposites coexist in given conditions. The explosion takes place only when a new condition, ignition, is present. An analogous situation arises in all those natural phenomena which finally assume the form of open conflict to resolve old contradictions and produce new things.

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Mao Zedong (or Mao Tse-tung in Wade-Giles; Simplified Chinese: 毛泽东; Traditional Chinese: 毛澤東; December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976) was the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1943 until his death. He was also a founder of the People's Republic of China.

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Native Name: 毛泽东 • 毛澤東

Alternative Names: Mao Tse-tung • Mao Ze Dong • Maozedong • Tse Toung Mao • Mau Tzerdong • Máo Zédōng • Mau Zeh-ton • Máu Zéh-ton • Mô Chhe̍t-tûng • Mo Chhet-tung • Mao² Tsê²-tung¹ • Mou Zaak-dung • Mo Tek-tong • Mô͘ Te̍k-tong • Moo Tik-tang • Môo Ti̍k-tang • Rùnzhī • Jun-chih • Jeon-zi • Máo Zhǔxí • Mao • Chairman Mao • Mau Zerdong • Mao Zédong • Mouh Jaahk-dung • Lun-chi • Mao Runzhi • Mao Jun-chih • Máo Rùnzhī • Chairman Mao Zedong • Mao Tsê-tung

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不能把过程中所有的矛盾平均看待，必须把它们区别为主要的和次要的两类，着重于捉住主要的矛盾，已如上述。但是在各种矛盾之中，不论是主要的或次要的，矛盾着的两个方面，又是否可以平均看待呢？也是不可以的。无论什么矛盾，矛盾的诸方面，其发展是不平衡的。有时候似乎势均力敌，然而这只是暂时的和相对的情形，基本的形态则是不平衡。矛盾着的两方面中，必有一方面是主要的，他方面是次要的。其主要的方面，即所谓矛盾起主导作用的方面。事物的性质，主要地是由取得支配地位的矛盾的主要方面所规定的。

政策是革命政党一切实际行动的出发点，并且表现于行动的过程和归宿。一个革命政党的任何行动都是实行政策。不是实行正确的政策，就是实行错误的政策；不是自觉地，就是盲目地实行某种政策。所谓经验，就是实行政策的过程和归宿。政策必须在人民实践中，也就是经验中，才能证明其正确与否，才能确定其正确和错误的程度。但是，人们的实践，特别是革命政党和革命群众的实践，没有不同这种或那种政策相联系的。因此，在每一行动之前，必须向党员和群众讲明我们按情况规定的政策。否则，党员和群众就会脱离我们政策的领导而盲目行动，执行错误的政策。

Maybe you're afraid of sinking. Don't think about it. If you don't think about it, you won't sink. If you do, you will.

Before it explodes, a bomb is a single entity in which opposites coexist in given conditions. The explosion takes place only when a new condition, ig… - Mao Zedong

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