We must trust more than 90 percent of cadres as good or relatively good. Most people who
have made mistakes can correct themselves [1].

[1] Mao Zedong spoke these words to members of the Central Cultural Revolution Group on
May 8, 1968, while meeting with a Mao Zedong Thought study group in Beijing. On May 12,
the People's Daily and the Liberation Army Daily published an editorial titled "The Northeast
Land Blooms Red—Warmly Acclaim the Establishment of the Liaoning Provincial
Revolutionary Committee," quoting these words in boldface.