Chairman Mao

Some Quotes from Mao's Little Red Book

Chapter 26 --- Discipline

We must affirm anew the discipline of the Party, namely:
(1) the individual is subordinate to the organization;
(2) the minority id subordinate to the majority;
(3) the lower level is subordinate to the higher level; and
(4) the entire membership is subordinate to the Central Committee.
Whoever violates these articles of discipline disrupts Party unity.

All officers and soldiers of our army must heighten their sense of discipline and resolutely carry out orders, carry out our policy, carry out the Three Main Rules of Discipline and the Eight Points for Attention -- with army and people united, army and government united, officers and soldiers united, and the whole army united -- and permit no breach of discipline.

Chen Yi, Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong

The Eight Points for Attention

  1. Speak politely.
  2. Pay fairly for what you buy.
  3. Return everything you borrow.
  4. Pay for anything you damage.
  5. Do not hit or swear at people.
  6. Do not damage crops.
  7. Do not take liberties with women.
  8. Do not ill treat captives.

The Three Main Rules of Discipline

  1. Obey orders in all your actions.
  2. Do not take a single needle or piece of thread from the masses.
  3. Turn in everything captured.


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