Deng Xiaoping Quotes & Sayings

Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step. — Deng Xiaoping

There is oil in the Middle East there is rare earth in China. — Deng Xiaoping

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big. — Deng Xiaoping

We must firmly grasp management. Just making things isn't enough. We need to raise the quality. — Deng Xiaoping

We mustn't fear to adopt the advanced management methods applied in capitalist countries ( ... ) The very essence of socialism is the liberation and development of the productive systems ( ... ) Socialism and market economy are not incompatible ( ... ) We should be concerned about right-wing deviations, but most of all, we must be concerned about left-wing deviations. — Deng Xiaoping

Reform is China's second revolution. — Deng Xiaoping

Cross the river by feeling for stones. — Deng Xiaoping

Let some people get rich first. — Deng Xiaoping

Do not debate! is one of my inventions. — Deng Xiaoping

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice. — Deng Xiaoping

Even if they're functioning out of ignorance, they are still participating and must be suppressed. In China, even one million people can be considered a small sum. — Deng Xiaoping

Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership. — Deng Xiaoping

To get rich is glorious. — Deng Xiaoping

A fundamental contradiction does not exist between socialism and a market economy. — Deng Xiaoping

No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat. — Deng Xiaoping

When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself. — Deng Xiaoping

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves. — Deng Xiaoping

I don't care if the cat is black or white, I just want it to kill the mice. — Deng Xiaoping

If the masses feel some anger, we must let them express it. — Deng Xiaoping

Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious. — Deng Xiaoping

By following the concept of one country, two systems, you dont swallow me up nor I you. — Deng Xiaoping

Be reasonable with the students and make sure they see the logic in what we're doing. — Deng Xiaoping

China is not a superpower, nor will she ever seek to be one ... If one day China should change her color and turn into a superpower, if she too should play the tyrant in the world, and everywhere subject others to her bullying, aggression and exploitation, the people of the world should identify her as social-imperialist, expose it, oppose it and work together with the Chinese people to overthrow it. — Deng Xiaoping

Seek truth from facts. — Deng Xiaoping

The minority yields to the majority! — Deng Xiaoping