Santa Cruz Mike wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 06:01:52 GMT, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 05:47:30 GMT, the renowned Abrasha
wrote:


Oh, I almost forgot, the quote was also part of "Quotations of Chairman Mao"
(The Red Book). Which is where I got it.

http://www.maoism.org/msw/redbook/quotes_idx.htm

I've heard it translated as "out of the barrel of a gun grows
political power", which is really quite different from *ALL* political
power grows from the barrel of a gun.


That translation does add a beauty and power to the statement.



I wouldn't trust any translation that sounded like good English ...
Spehro's sounds more accurate to me, but I'd have to go buy a little
red book to know for sure. I got one to send to gunner, but Garibaldi
probably forgot to mail it, No biggy :-)

Anyway, the statement is kinda obvious. Would anyone pay the IRS if
they didn't have guns ?