<P> `` Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun '' is a slogan popular among Marxist - Leninist - Maoists . The quote came from Mao Zedong , as the final conclusive comments during the exigent meeting called by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China during August 1927 , as a consequence of the collapse of the Kuomintang - Communist cooperation . By the means of the quote , Mao suggested to the cadres that in order to take the outright political control , the armed struggle is an absolute necessity . </P>
<P> `` Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun '' is a slogan popular among Marxist - Leninist - Maoists . The quote came from Mao Zedong , as the final conclusive comments during the exigent meeting called by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China during August 1927 , as a consequence of the collapse of the Kuomintang - Communist cooperation . By the means of the quote , Mao suggested to the cadres that in order to take the outright political control , the armed struggle is an absolute necessity . </P>
who said power comes from the barrel of a gun
who said power comes from the barrel of a gun
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong