Multiple choice general knowledge "Let a hundred flowers bloom and let a thousand schools of thought contend" was said by Lenin Karl Marx Tolstoy Mao Tse-tung Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself D Correct answer Explanation This quote is from Mao Zedong's 1956 speech launching the Hundred Flowers Campaign, encouraging intellectual and political expression. It wasn't from Lenin, Marx, or Tolstoy.