In Russia religion is the opium of the people; in China opium is the religion of the people.

- Edgar Snow

Mao appears to be quite free from symptoms of megalomania, but he has a deep sense of personal dignity, and something about him suggests a power of r…

- Edgar Snow

Do not suppose, first of all, that Mao Tse-tung could be the "saviour" of China. Nonsense. There will never be one "saviour" of China. Yet undeniably…

- Edgar Snow

There seemed to be nothing in Mao that might be called religious feeling; his judgments were reached, I believe, on the basis of reason and necessity…

- Edgar Snow

Mao lived very much like the rank and file of the Red Army. After ten years of leadership of the Reds, after hundreds of confiscations of property of…

- Edgar Snow

I doubt very much if Mao would ever command great respect from the intellectual élite of China, perhaps not entirely because he has an extraordinary …

- Edgar Snow

It is impossible not to recognise the Long March as one of the great triumphs of men against odds and men against nature. While the Red Army was unqu…

- Edgar Snow