Excerpt of meeting with Nixon 1972, quoted in The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed (May 9, 2013) by Marvin Kalb. Also quoted in Declassified transcript of Mao Zedong meets Richard Nixon, February 21, 1972
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I like rightists... I am comparatively happy when these people on the right come into power.
— Mao Zedong
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I like rightists... I am comparatively happy when these people on the right come into power." in the context of "Excerpt of meeting with Nixon 1972, quoted in The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed (May 9, 2013) by Marvin Kalb. Also quoted in Declassified transcript of Mao Zedong meets Richard Nixon, February 21, 1972" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Mao Zedong" (Quotes, 1970s)
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About Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (or Mao Tse-tung in Wade-Giles; Simplified Chinese: ζ―ζ³½δΈ; Traditional Chinese: ζ―ζΎ€ζ±; December 26, 1893 β September 9, 1976) was the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1943 until his death. He was also a founder of the People's Republic of China.
About Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (or Mao Tse-tung in Wade-Giles; Simplified Chinese: ζ―ζ³½δΈ; Traditional Chinese: ζ―ζΎ€ζ±; December 26, 1893 β September 9, 1976) was the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1943 until his death. He was also a founder of the People's Republic of China.
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