A human being has arteries and veins through which the heart circulates
the blood circulates, and he breathes with his lungs, exhaling carbon dioxide
and inhaling fresh oxygen; that is, getting rid of the stale and taking in the
fresh. A proletarian party must also get rid of the stale and take in the fresh
for only thus can it be full of vitality. Without eliminating waste matter and
absorbing fresh blood the Party has no vigor.
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Who is it that gives us our power? It is the working class, the poor and
lower-middle peasants, the laboring masses comprising over 90 percent of the
population. We represent the proletariat and the masses and have overthrown
the enemies of the people, and therefore the people support us. Direct reliance
on the revolutionary masses is a basic principle of the Communist Party.