45 Quotes by Deng Xiaoping

Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, it's a good cat

I don’t care if the cat is black or white, I just want it to kill the mice.

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

Reform is Chinas second revolution.

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.

The minority yields to the majority!

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

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

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.