Speech on the Issue of Educational Funds[1]

(December 22, 1920)

Strikes are still passive; we must prepare active measures. The government is already unreliable. The educational circles should unite and organize a powerful body to carry out self-determination and self-salvation. Military expenses and administrative expenses can all be funded through borrowing. Education is a fundamental project of lasting importance for generations, and it too can be rescued through borrowing.

[1] This is part of a speech delivered by Mao Zedong at a meeting convened by the Provincial City Faculty and Staff Union to address the issue of educational funds.