Mao Zedong ranks slightly higher than Washington, because the changes brought by Mao are more important than those brought about by Washington at home. Mao ranked much higher than Napoleon, Alexander and others, because his influence on the future may be much greater than these people. -American scholar Michael H. Hart
As a revolutionary leader, he has similar historical significance to the future of China as Lenin did to the Soviet Union. -German statesman and economist helmut schmidt
Mao Zedong was a great strategist. Which leader can be invincible in so many different types of conflicts for so long? -Philip Dai Weixun, Assistant Secretary of Defense of the United States
He expressed vivid and profound revolutionary themes in a simple form, which is understandable by all people in China and generations to come. -Mao Zedong, former French Prime Minister, unified China, gave the people a new set of moral values, improved the status of workers and peasants, and established a clean government in China. -Canadian journalist Mark Gaine
Mao Zedong left a very important legacy not only to the people of China but also to the whole world through his great teaching all his life. -former Mexican President Emilio Hill
Mao's life, perhaps more than all others, has made the poor all over the world have a strong and growing revolutionary demand. He launched a global struggle. -Julie nixon Eisenhower, daughter of Nixon
Every other leader in China can be compared with people in social history at all times and in all countries, but no one can compare with Mao Zedong. -American writer smedley
To many overseas Chinese, Mao is a hero. He made China stand up against foreign oppression, especially western and Russian pressure. -British scholar dick wilson
Mao Zedong was one of the greatest leaders in the 2th century. -former Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau
Chairman Mao, like Lenin, changed the history of the world and is making history, and he is the greatest figure in the 2th century. On the surface, he is very gentle and bold, but it runs through the indomitable fighting spirit and keen and profound wisdom tempered in the fierce liberation struggle. I'm afraid such a person is a giant unparalleled in the world. -Japanese Congressman Okada Haruo
His influence on the history of China will last forever. -former Australian Prime Minister Goff Whitlam Mao was a charismatic politician in the 2th century. ..... His experience, enough to make him become the embodiment of the China revolution of Marx, Lenin and Stalin. -American expert on China R. Trier
Almost like Mao Zedong himself dominated the political and social life of his time, the ghost of Mao Zedong also dominated the political consciousness of the new era. -American scholar Maurice meissner
He has a good upbringing, steel inside and strong resistance. Mao was never a dogmatist. He is flexible, willing to change and learn, and most importantly, he is patient-until that turning point. He waited for the lowest point, and then took action when the wheel turned upward, neither too early nor too late. He followed history to guide it. -American journalist helen snow
He said, "What is the power of imperialism? This only exists when the people are not conscious. The main problem is the people's consciousness, not explosives, nor oil fields or atomic bombs, but people who master it. " I said, "There are atomic bombs!" Mao said that he doubted whether the atomic bomb could be used in war again. "It destroyed itself in the Big Bang in Hiroshima."
-American writer anna louise strong
I admire On the Protracted War. It is natural that Japan was defeated by China, and such a very good strategic book is not available in Japan. Japan is superior to China in terms of materials and science and technology, and China in terms of weapons, but there is no such grand strategic vision based on philosophy, and Japan does not. Japan's army was a decisive battle, while China's strategy was a protracted war. As a result, Japan was defeated by China's protracted war. -Professor Kondo Bangkang, University of Tokyo, Japan
I see that illness is consuming his physical strength, and his life is absolutely simple. -franz josef strauss, former president of Sedki Social Union.