Deng Xiaoping Quotes

Deng Xiaoping  Quotes 

Deng Xiaoping

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2.     Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, it's a good cat

3.     Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.

4.     Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step.

5.     Reform is China second revolution.

6.     By following the concept of one country, two systems, you do not swallow me up nor I you.

7.     Do not debate! Is one of my inventions.

8.     A fundamental contradiction does not exist between socialism and a market economy.

9.     Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership.

10.  If things continue like this, we could even end up under house arrest ... After thinking long and hard about this, I have concluded that we should bring in the People's Liberation Army and declare martial law in Beijing.

11.   Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile, never take the lead - but aim to do something big.

12.  Somebody wants to change the colour of the party, somebody wants to take away the hammer and sickle from our flag -- and replace them with a computer and satellite.

13.  China  is not a superpower, nor will she ever seek to be one... If one day China should change her colour and turn into a superpower, if she too should play the tyrant in the world, and everywhere subject others to her bullying, aggression and exploitation, the people of the world should identify her as social-imperialist, expose it, oppose it and work together with the Chinese people to overthrow it.”

14.  “The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.”

15.  We mustn't fear to adopt the advanced management methods applied in capitalist countries (...) The very essence of socialism is the liberation and development of the productive systems (...) Socialism and market economy are not incompatible (...) We should be concerned about right-wing deviations, but most of all, we must be concerned about left-wing deviations.”

With affection,

Ruben