This sentence comes from Mao Zedong and is included in "Quotations of Chairman Mao". The original sentence:
I am a brick of the revolution, and I can move it wherever it is needed;
< p>I am growing a flower, and I will plant it wherever it can bloom.The "Quotations of Chairman Mao", known as the "Little Red Book", is a collection of aphorisms and main viewpoints in Mao Zedong's works and Mao Zedong Thought. It collects many quotations such as "Serving the People" , "Self-reliance and hard work" and "Dare to fight and dare to win" are familiar aphorisms for Chinese people. Extended information
1. Meaning
It has two meanings: one means that revolutionaries are "bricks" and the bricks of the socialist cause. A building requires countless bricks. Built by stacking up, the building of socialist cause also needs countless "revolutionary bricks" to be continuously laid before it can rise from the ground. In the building of socialist cause, both the high-end "bricks" and the basic "bricks" are Ordinary bricks, but they all play their own irreplaceable role.
Another meaning is that the revolutionary "brick" obeys the arrangements, and it counts wherever it is moved, and it must play its maximum role wherever it is placed. The former talks about the nature of cadres, and the latter talks about the mission of cadres. This sentence applies to all socialist builders and cadres, and it is no exception to leading cadres at all levels who are decision-makers and organizers of the socialist cause.
2. "Chairman Mao Zedong's Quotations" is a selected collection of Chairman Mao Zedong's famous sayings edited and published in the early 1960s, which became popular all over the country and even the world. It has a circulation of 5 billion copies, ranking second in the world. . Because the most popular version was packaged in a red cover and contained classic remarks by red leaders, it was widely known as the "Little Red Book" during the Cultural Revolution.
Mao Zedong’s Quotations became the most widely circulated and most read book in the world in the 1960s, with a cumulative circulation of 5 billion copies, covering the whole country and flowing to the world. Among them, there are more than 500 domestic and foreign versions, including more than 40 foreign language versions alone.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Mao Zedong’s Quotations