communistquotes/quotes/Mao Zedong/The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War.csv

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2	`Mao Zedong`,`“The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War” (October 1938)`,`http://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_10.htm`,`As for people who are politically backward, Communists should not slight or despise them, but should befriend them, unite with them, convince them and encourage them to go forward. `
3	`Mao Zedong`,`“The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War” (October 1938)`,`http://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_10.htm`,`Cadres are a decisive factor, once the political line is determined. Therefore, it is our fighting task to train large numbers of new cadres in a planned way. `
4	`Mao Zedong`,`“The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War” (October 1938)`,`http://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_10.htm`,`Communists must never separate themselves from the majority of the people or neglect them by leading only a few progressive contingents in an isolated and rash advance, but must take care to forge close links between the progressive elements and the broad masses. This is what thinking in terms of the majority means. `
5	`Mao Zedong`,`“The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War” (October 1938)`,`http://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_10.htm`,`Communists should set an example in being practical as well as far-sighted. For only by being practical can they fulfil the appointed tasks, and only far-sightedness can prevent them from losing their bearings in the march forward. `
6	`Mao Zedong`,`“The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War” (October 1938)`,`http://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_10.htm`,`Communists should set an example in study; at all times they should be pupils of the masses as well as their teachers.`
7	`Mao Zedong`,`The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War” (October 1938)`,`http://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_10.htm`,`Education in democracy must be carried on within the Party so that members can understand the meaning of democratic life, the meaning of the relationship between democracy and centralism, and the way in which democratic centralism should be put into practice. Only in this way can we really extend democracy within the Party and at the same time avoid ultra-democracy and the laissez-faire that destroys discipline. `
8	`Mao Zedong`,`“The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War” (October 1938)`,`http://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_10.htm`,`Every Communist working in the mass movements should be a friend of the masses and not a boss over them, an indefatigable teacher and not a bureaucratic politician. `
9	`Mao Zedong`,`“The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War” (October 1938)`,`http://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_10.htm`,`No political party can possibly lead a great revolutionary movement to victory unless it possesses revolutionary theory and knowledge of history and has a profound grasp of the practical movement. `
10	`Mao Zedong`,`“The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War” (October 1938)`,`http://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_10.htm`,`The attitude of Communists towards any person who has made mistakes in his work should be one of persuasion in order to help him change and start afresh and not one of exclusion, unless he is incorrigible. `
11	`Mao Zedong`,`“The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War” (October 1938)`,`http://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_10.htm`,`The criterion the Communist Party should apply in its cadres policy is whether or not a cadre is resolute in carrying out the Party line, keeps to Party discipline, has close ties with the masses, has the ability to find his bearings independently, and is active, hardworking and unselfish. This is what “appointing people on their merit” means. `
12	`Mao Zedong`,`“The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War” (October 1938)`,`http://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_10.htm`,`The exemplary vanguard role of the Communists is of vital importance. Communists in the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies should set an example in fighting bravely, carrying out orders, observing discipline, doing political work and fostering internal unity and solidarity. `
13	`Mao Zedong`,`“The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War” (October 1938)`,`http://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_10.htm`,`The theory of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin is universally applicable. We should regard it not as a dogma, but as a guide to action. Studying it is not merely a matter of learning terms and phrases but of learning Marxism-Leninism as the science of revolution. It is not just a matter of understanding the general laws derived by Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin from their extensive study of real life and revolutionary experience, but of studying their standpoint and method in examining and solving problems. `