Political Correctness

Mao Zedong is cited as having said:

没有正确的政治观点，就等于没有灵魂。(关于正确处理人民内部矛盾的问题)

Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul. (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People.)

共产党历来提倡坚定正确的政治方向，这种坚定正确的政治方向，是与艰苦奋斗的工作作风不能脱离的，没有坚定正确的政治方向，就不能激发艰苦奋斗的工作作风；没有艰苦奋斗的工作作风，也就不能坚持坚定正确的政治方向。(From 国民精神总动员的政治方向, quoted here; I can't find it in his collected works.

The Communist Party has always advocated a firm and correct political orientation.... This orientation is inseparable from a style of hard struggle. Without a firm and correct political orientation, it is impossible to promote a style of hard struggle. Without the style of hard struggle, it is impossible to maintain a firm and correct political orientation. (Attributed to "Speech at the Yenan Rally in Celebration of International Labour Day"; May 1, 1939. That's not in the his collected works, either.)

It's no wonder he is sometimes cited as the origin of the phrase "political correctness", but "politically correct" has a long American heritage. Ironically, a couple of Chinese sources look on 政治正确 as a Western problem.