In order to promote the progress of social atmosphere, we must first improve the party style, especially ask leading comrades at all levels of the party to set an example. The party is a model for the whole of society, and its leading comrades at all levels are models for the whole party. If party organizations put aside the opinions and interests of the masses and ignore them, how can they expect them to trust and love their leadership? If the party's leading cadres not strict with themselves, do not obey the law and discipline, which violate the principle of the party and factionalists, specialization, enter through the back door, extravagance and waste, and loss of public, private, not sharing with the masses, not to bear first, pleasure, do not obey the organization decided to, do not accept the populace to supervise, even to his critics to retaliate against, how can they be expected to transform society!

-- "adhere to the four cardinal principles" (March 30, 1979), selected works of deng xiaoping

We should educate all party members to carry forward the spirit of selflessness, obedience to the overall situation, hard work and honesty, and uphold communist ideology and communist morality. The socialist country we want to build must not only have a high level of material civilization, but also a high level of spiritual civilization. By spiritual civilization, we mean not only education, science and culture (which are absolutely necessary), but also communist ideas, ideals, beliefs, morality and discipline, revolutionary positions and principles, and the relations of people who share common interests. To learn and cultivate these revolutionary spirits, we do not need good material conditions or a high level of education. Are we not relying on the scientific theory of marxism and the above-mentioned revolutionary spirit to participate in the revolution until now? From yan 'an to new China, in addition to the correct political direction, it was not by these valuable revolutionary spirit that attracted the people of the whole country and friendly people from abroad? Without such spiritual civilization, communist ideology and communist morality, how can we build socialism? The more the party and government carry out the policy of economic reform and opening up to the outside world, the more party members, especially senior responsible party cadres, must attach great importance to and practice communist ideology and ethics. Otherwise, how can we educate our youth and lead the country and the people in building socialism, apart from arming ourselves! During the period of the new democratic revolution, we insisted on using the communist ideology to guide the whole work. Using communist morality to restrain the words and deeds of communists and advanced elements; We should advocate and commend the principles of "serving the people wholeheartedly "," obeying the organization of individuals "," being unselfish "," helping others without any selfish thought ", and" being neither afraid of suffering nor afraid of death ". Now that we have entered the socialist period, some people have even "criticized" these solemn revolutionary slogans. This absurd "criticism" has not been properly resisted, but has received the sympathy and support of some in our ranks. Can every communist with party spirit and revolutionary spirit tolerate this state of affairs to continue? Comrade MAO zedong once said that one should have a little spirit. In the long-term revolution, we are under the guidance of correct political direction, starting from the analysis of the actual situation, carry forward the revolutionary and hard spirit, disciplined and self sacrifice, selflessness and put others before oneself spirit, overriding the enemy, overriding difficult spirit, adhere to the revolutionary optimism and surmount every difficulty to win victory, won a great victory. To build socialism and realize the four modernizations, we must also carry forward these principles under the correct leadership of the CPC Central Committee. If a communist has no such spirit, he can never be considered a qualified communist. Not only so, we need to speak out and set a good example to these spiritual promotion to all the people, among all the teenagers to become the mainstay of the spiritual civilization of the People's Republic of China, all demands revolution and progress of the world's people are yearning, for many of the world's spiritual emptiness, thought on depressed people envy.

-- "implementing the policy of readjustment and ensuring stability and unity" (December 25, 1980), selected works of deng xiaoping, vol. 2

Under the socialist system, individual interests should be subordinated to collective interests, local interests to overall interests, and temporary interests to long-term interests. We advocate and implement these principles, is by no means say can do not pay attention to personal interests, do not pay attention to local interests, and do not pay attention to the interests, but because under the socialist system, in the end, the individual interests and collective interests is unified, local interests and overall interests are unified, temporary interests and long-term interests is unified. We must adjust the interrelations of interests according to the principle of overall consideration. If, on the contrary, individual interests are pursued in violation of the collective interests, local interests are pursued in violation of the overall interests, and temporary interests are pursued in violation of the long-term interests, then the result is bound to be a loss to both sides. The relationship between democracy and centralism, between rights and duties, is, in the final analysis, the political and legal manifestation of the interrelationship of interests referred to above. That is why comrade MAO zedong said that our goal is to create a political situation in which there is concentration and democracy, discipline and freedom, unity of will, and personal well-being and liveness. This is the political situation of socialist democracy, and this is what we will strive to achieve today and in the future.

Adhering to the four cardinal principles (March 30, 1979), selected works of deng xiaoping, vol. 2