Deng Xiaoping Quotes

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It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.

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
The colour of the cat doesn't matter as long as it catches the mice.

Deng Xiaoping
A basic contradiction between socialism and the market economy does not exist.

Deng Xiaoping
A number of elderly comrades have taken practical steps to lead in the abolition of the system of lifelong jobs in leadership circles, thus promoting the reform of the cadre system. This episode is well worthwhile special and outstanding recording in the party's history.

Deng Xiaoping
Yellow cat, black cat, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat.

Deng Xiaoping
[Hua Guofeng's time in office was] just a transition, not an epoch: his policies were a continuation of the late Mao, and there was nothing original about him.

Deng Xiaoping
The United States brags about its political system, but the [American] 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
When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.

Deng Xiaoping