In selecting cadres, particularly team leaders, it is necessity to propound'the democratic spirit, take the mass line, refrain from listening, believing, liking or detesting any one side or blindly trusting one's own special views. There must be a healthy system to govern the appointment and dismissal of cadres so that the populace have the power to elect and dismiss the personnel serving them.
Speech Delivered at the Closing Session of the Work Conference of the Central Government, 13 December 1978