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Mao Zedong

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.

Alone

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Mao Zedong is emphasizing that only ordinary people, not leaders or elites, drive historical change through their collective actions. He insists that the power to shape history lies entirely with the masses, without any other group playing a primary role.

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