Dare To Struggle and Dare To Win

People of the world, unite and defeat the U.S. aggressors and all their running dogs! People of the world, be courageous, dare to fight, defy difficulties and advance wave upon wave. Then the whole world will belong to the people. Monsters of all kinds shall be destroyed.

Source: "Statement Supporting the People of the Congo (L.) Against U.S. Aggression" (November 28, 1964), People of the World, Unite and Defeat the U.S. Aggressors and All Their Lackeys, 2nd ed., p. 14.

全世界人民團結起來，打敗美國侵略者及其一切走狗！全世界人民要有勇氣，敢於戰鬥，不怕困難，前赴後繼，那末，全世界就一定是人民的。一切魔鬼通通都會被消滅。

The Communist Party of China, having made a clear-headed appraisal of the international and domestic situation on the basis of the science of Marxism- Leninism, recognized that all attacks by the reactionaries at home and abroad had to be defeated and could be defeated. When dark clouds appeared in the sky, we pointed out that they were only temporary, that the darkness would soon pass and the sun break through.

Source: "The Present Situation and Our Tasks" (December 25, 1947), Selected Military Writings, 2nd ed., p. 347.

中國共產黨依據馬克思列寧主義的科學，清醒地估計了國際和國內的形勢，知道一切內外反動派的進攻，不但是必須打敗的，而且是能夠打敗的。當著天空中出現烏雲的時候，我們就指出：這不過是暫時的現象，黑暗即將過去，曙光即在前頭。

Historically, all reactionary forces on the verge of extinction invariably conduct a last desperate struggle against the revolutionary forces, and some revolutionaries are apt to be deluded for a time by this phenomenon of outward strength but inner weakness failing to grasp the essential fact that the enemy is nearing extinction while they themselves are approaching victory.

Source: "The Turning Point in World War II" (October 12, 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 103.

在人類歷史上，凡屬將要滅亡的反動勢力，總是要向革命勢力進行最後掙扎的，而有些革命的人們也往往在一個期間內被這種外強中乾的現象所迷惑，看不出敵人快要消滅，自己快要勝利的實質。

If they [the Kuomintang] fight, we will wipe them out completely. This is the way things are: if they attack and we wipe them out, they will have that satisfaction; wipe out some, some satisfaction; wipe out more, more satisfaction; wipe out the whole lot, complete satisfaction. China 's problems are complicated, and our brains must also be a little complicated. If they start fighting, we fight back, fight to win peace.

Source: "On the Chungking Negotiations" (October 17, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 56.

如果他們要打，就把他們徹底消滅。事情就是這樣，他來進攻，我們把他消滅了，他就舒服了。消滅一點，舒服一點；消滅得多，舒服得多；徹底消滅，徹底舒服。中國的問題是複雜的，我們的腦子也要複雜一點。人家打來了，我們就打，打是為了爭取和平。

If anyone attacks us and if the conditions are favourable for battle, we will certainly act in self-defence to wipe him out resolutely, thoroughly, wholly and completely (we do not strike rashly, but when we do strike, we must win). We must never be cowed by the bluster of reactionaries.

Source: "On Peace Negotiations with the Kuomintang - Circular of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China " (August 26, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 49* As far as our own desire is concerned, we don't want to fight even for a single day.

有來犯者，只要好打，我黨必定站在自衛立場上堅決徹底乾淨全部消滅之（不要輕易打，打則必勝），絕對不要被反動派的其勢洶洶所嚇倒。

But if circumstances force us to fight, we can fight to the finish.

Source: "Talk with the American Correspondent Anna Louise Strong" (August 1946), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 97.

就我們自己的願望說，我們連一天也不願意打。但是如果形勢迫使我們不得不打的話，我們是能夠一直打到底的。

We are for peace. But so long as U.S. imperialism refuses to give up its arrogant and unreasonable demands and its scheme to extend aggression, the only course for the Chinese people is to remain determined to go on fighting side by side with the Korean people. Not that we are warlike. We are willing to stop the war at once and leave the remaining questions for later settlement. But U.S. imperialism is not willing to do so. All right then, let the fighting go on. However many years U.S. imperialism wants to fight, we are ready to fight right up to the moment when it is willing to stop, right up to the moment of complete victory for the Chinese and Korean peoples.

Source: Speech at the Fourth Session of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (February 7, 1953).

我們是要和平的，但是，只要美帝國主義一天不放棄它那種橫蠻無理的要求和擴大侵略的陰謀，中國人民的決心就是隻有同朝鮮人民一起，一直戰鬥下去。這不是因為我們好戰，我們願意立即停戰，剩下的問題待將來去解決。但美帝國主義不願意這樣做，那麼好罷，就打下去，美帝國主義願意打多少年，我們也就準備跟他打多少年，一直打到美帝國主義願意罷手的時候為止，一直打到中朝人民完全勝利的時候為止。

We should rid our ranks of all impotent thinking. All views that overestimate the strength of the enemy and underestimate the strength of the people are wrong.

Source: "The Present Situation and Our Tasks" (December 25, 1947), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 173.

我們應當在自己內部肅清一切軟弱無能的思想。一切過高地估計敵人力量和過低地估計人民力量的觀點，都是錯誤的。

The oppressed peoples and nations must not pin their hopes for liberation on the "sensibleness" of imperialism and its lackeys. They will only triumph by strengthening their unity and persevering in their struggle.

Source: "Statement Opposing Aggression Against Southern Vietnam and Slaughter of Its People by the U.S.-Ngo Dinh Diem Clique" (August 29, 1963), People of the World, Unite and Defeat the U.S. Aggressors and All Their Lackeys, 2nd ed., p. 6.

被壓迫人民和被壓迫民族，決不能把自己的解放寄託在帝國主義及其走狗的「明智」上面，而只有通過加強團結、堅持鬥爭，才能取得勝利。

No matter when this country-wide civil war breaks out, we must be well prepared. If it comes early, say, tomorrow morning, we should also be prepared. That is point one. In the present international and domestic situation it is possible that for a time the civil war may be kept restricted in scale and localized. That is point two. Point one is what we should prepare for, point two is what has existed for a long time. In short, we must be prepared. Being prepared, we shall be able to deal properly with all kinds of complicated situations.

Source: "The Situation and Our Policy After the Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan" (August 13, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 22.

全國性的內戰不論哪一天爆發，我們都要準備好。早一點，明天早上就打吧，我們也在準備著。這是第一條。現在的國際國內形勢，有可能把內戰暫時限制在局部範圍，內戰可能暫是若干地方性的戰爭。這是第二條。第一條我們準備著，第二條是早已如此。總而言之，我們要有準備。有了準備，就能恰當地應付各種複雜的局面。

The Situation and Our Policy After the Victory in the War of Resistance — 13 Aug 1945, the judgement just after Japan's defeat; source of Chapter 21's first entry.