| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1451 |
| AUTHOR: | Mao Zedong (18931976) |
| QUOTATION: | Every Communist must grasp the truth: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | MAO ZEDONG, concluding speech at the sixth plenary session of the Central Committee, Communist party, China, November 6, 1938.Mao, Selected Works, vol. 2, p. 272 (1954). |
| SUBJECTS: | Power |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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