中国的革命是伟大的，但革命以后的路程更长，工作更伟大，更艰苦。这一点现在就必须向党内讲明白，务必使同志们继续地保持谦虚、谨慎、不骄、不躁的作风，务必使同志们继续地保持艰苦奋斗的作风。我们有批评和自我批评这个马克思列宁主义的武器。我们能够去掉不良作风，保持优良作风。我们能够学会我们原来不懂的东西。我们不但善于破坏一个旧世界，我们还将善于建设一个新世界。
The Chinese revolution is great, but the journey after the revolution will be longer and the work will be greater and more arduous. This must now be made clear to the party .We must ensure that our comrades continue to be modest, prudent, unconceited and unimpetuous, and that they continue to work hard. We have the marxist-leninist weapon of criticism and self-criticism. We can get rid of the bad style and keep the good one. We can learn what we didn't know before. Not only are we good at destroying an old world, we will be good at building a new one.
