Multiple choice general knowledge

"Let a hundred flowers bloom and let a thousand schools of thought contend" was said by

  1. Lenin

  2. Karl Marx

  3. Tolstoy

  4. Mao Tse-tung
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) said 'Let a hundred flowers bloom and let a thousand schools of thought contend' in 1956 during the Hundred Flowers Campaign, which briefly encouraged intellectual and political expression in China. Lenin and Karl Marx were earlier communist leaders, and Tolstoy was a Russian writer - none made this statement.

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