Communist Quotes

• How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

  Ronald Reagan

  Business, Government, Political

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

  John F. Kennedy

  Country, War, Power

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• You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright, but we'll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you'll finally wake up and find you already have communism. We won't have to fight you. We'll so weaken your economy until you'll fall like overripe fruit into our hands.

  Nikita Khrushchev

  Fall, Acceptance, Fighting

  "They Never Said it: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions". Book by Paul F. Boller and John H. George, 1990.

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  All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party.

  Mao Zedong

  Party, Gun, Political

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• When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

  Hélder Câmara

  Motivational, Inspiring, Wisdom

  "Peace Behind Bars: A Peacemaking Priest's Journey from Jail". Book by Father John Dear, 1995.

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• A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.

  Winston Churchill

  Political, Democracy, Trying

  Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books

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• Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!

  Karl Marx

  Country, Communication, Winning

  Karl Marx (2013). “The Communist Manifesto”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

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• Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Race, People, Political

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• Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.

  Hermann Goring

  Country, Peace, Military

  Interview in Göring's jail cell, April 18, 1946. "Nuremberg Diary". Book by Gustave Gilbert, 1947.

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• President Reagan was a leader at a time when the American people most needed leadership. He outlined a vision that captured the imagination of the free world, a vision that toppled the Communist empire and freed countless millions.

  Dennis Hastert

  Leadership, People, Imagination

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• We Communists are like seeds and the people are like the soil. Wherever we go, we must unite with the people, take root and blossom among them.

  Mao Zedong

  Roots, People, Soil

  Zedong Mao (1972). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung”, p.273, China Books

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• Most people who read "The Communist Manifesto" probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young men who had never worked a day in their lives, and who nevertheless spoke boldly in the name of "the workers". Thomas Sowell .

  Thomas Sowell

  Couple, Men, Ideas

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• I will never vote Democrat again, they are Communists.

  Howard Stern

  Vote, Democrat

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• The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.

  Whittaker Chambers

  Men, Vision, Without God

  Whittaker Chambers (2014). “Witness”, p.9, Regnery Publishing

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• Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by power and by force, whether it arises under the Fascist or the Communist flag. All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the individual.

  Albert Einstein

  Power, Opportunity, Enemy

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• In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. - Manifesto of the Communist Party

  Karl Marx

  Party, Liberty, May

  Karl Marx (2015). “Manifesto of the Communist Party”, p.18, Booklassic

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• I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it.

  Pete Seeger

  Russia, Church, Politics

  "The Old Left". Interview, www.nytimes.com. January 22, 1995.

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• I do not believe in communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in this country. Several of the best friends I have got are Communists.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Country, Believe, Communism

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• To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but it is bitter and unforgettable.

  Elia Kazan

  Party, Police, Taste

  "A Statement: Communism, Free-Speech, and 'Naming Names'" by Elia Kazan, www.capitalismmagazine.com. April 19, 1999.

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• An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.

  Herbert Spencer

  Desire, Elements, Facts

  Herbert Spencer (2016). “Social Statics: Great Essays”, p.110, VM eBooks

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• I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Kind, Communism

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• I - and I still consider myself, I'm sorry to tell you, a Marxist and a Communist, but I couldn't help noticing how all the best Marxist analyses are always analyses of a failure.

  Slavoj Žižek

  Sorry, Analysis, Helping

  "'Everybody in the World Except US Citizens Should Be Allowed to Vote and Elect the American Government' - Leading Intellectual Slavoj Žižek". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. March 11, 2008.

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• The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp.

  John Boyd Orr

  Real, Evil, Police

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• I joined the Communist Party late in the summer of 1934. I got out a year and a half later.

  Elia Kazan

  Party, Years, Half

  "A Statement: Communism, Free-Speech, and 'Naming Names'" by Elia Kazan, www.capitalismmagazine.com. April 19, 1999.

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• There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.

  Iris Chang

  Country, Government, Engagement

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