Communist party

The cadres of our Party and state are ordinary workers and not overlords sitting on the backs of the people. By taking part in collective productive labour, the cadres maintain extensive, constant and close ties with the working people. This is a major measure of fundamental importance for a socialist system; it helps to overcome bureaucracy and to prevent revisionism and dogmatism. ~ Mao Zedong

A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the goals of communism.

Quotes

• The cadres of our Party and state are ordinary workers and not overlords sitting on the backs of the people. By taking part in collective productive labour, the cadres maintain extensive, constant and close ties with the working people. This is a major measure of fundamental importance for a socialist system; it helps to overcome bureaucracy and to prevent revisionism and dogmatism.
  • Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, Chapter 29: Cadres.
    • Quoted in On Khrushchov's Phony Communism and Its Historical Lessons for the World (July 14, 1964), pp. 68-69.