Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page Mao Tse-tung Quote “Every Communist must grasp the truth, 'Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.' Our principle is that the [Communist] Party commands the gun and the gun will never be allowed to command the Party.” ~ Mao Tse-tung Premier of China (1893 - 1976)"Problems of War and Strategy," November 6, 1938, in 'Selected Works of Mao Zedong' (1965) Communism , Guns , Power Ratings and Comments 2 Reply Mike, Norwalk 7/17/15 How to rate this ? ? ? The statement is accurate enough but disgusting. How to rate this ? ? ? Reply Robert, Somewhere in Europe 7/17/15 Reply Al, DC 7/17/15 1 Reply cal, lewisville, tx 7/17/15 Mao, like Stalin, loved unchallenged power. 1 Reply Mike, Pleasant Hill 7/17/15 Reading this all I can think of is Anita Dunn speaking to a room full of high school students announcing to them this murdering monster was her role model, how utterly twisted can you get.And who recruited Anita Dunn for the Obama administration? That's right! 1 Reply jim k, Austin 7/17/15 Mao, Castro, Stalin and Hitler were real thugs and this is only a partial list. 1 Reply E Archer, NYC 7/17/15 How about:"Every progressive liberal must grasp the truth, 'Political power grows out of gun control.' Our principle is that the Democratic Party will command the gun and the gun will never be allowed to command the Democratic Party." 1 Reply Warrdoc, Elk Grove, 7/17/15 Charlton Heston said it so well and I concur; "I'll give you my gun when you pry (or take) it from my cold, dead hands" SaveOk2 SaveOk2 View CommentsClick to view or comment. Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print This Mao Tse-tung quote is found in these categories: Communism quotes Guns quotes Power quotes About Mao Tse-tung Bio of Mao Tse-tung Quotations by Mao Tse-tung Books by/about Mao Tse-tung Mao Tse-tung videos Mao Tse-tung on Wikipedia Astrological chart for Mao Tse-tung