Communism Quotes · Page 19

“America needs a pure democracy; absolutely free of both communism and capitalism”

— Leland Lewis

I am very romantic about communism even still, but I know terrible things happened.

— Lars von Trier

“Prosperity and democracy does seem to be a good way to wean a population off massive alcohol abuse.”

— Oliver Bullough

If citizen is legally forced to recognize the sovereignty of the state - there cannot be any speech about freedom.

— Ilkin Santak

Poles finished communism, and Great Britain profited significantly from this.

— Lech Walesa

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.

— H. L. Mencken

Governments harangue about deficits to get more revenue so they can spend more.

— Allan H. Meltzer

“I am the red wheelbarrow of communism. William Carlos Williams wrote a poem about me.”

— Jarod Kintz

The wild open-market theory that died in 1929 had a run of just over thirty years. Communism, a complete melding of religious,…

— John Ralston Saul

A hostility to modernity is shared by ideologies that have nothing else in common - a nostalgia for moral clarity, small-town intimacy,…

— Steven Pinker

There are, besides, eternal truths, such as Freedom, , etc., that are common to all states of society. But Communism abolishes eternal…

— Karl Marx

Poland in the 1990s saw a surge of unrestrained, American-style capitalism. With millions of Poles living in the U.S.A., the defeat of…

— Norman Davies

The scientific approach uncovers, that Communism does not eliminate the inequality between men, the social injustice, exploitation of man by man and…

— Alexander Zinoviev

One thing that I am sure of, and which I can answer truthfully, is that whatever the contingencies that may arise here,…

— Francisco Franco

“The various manifestations of socialism destroyed both their peoples and their ecosystems, whereas the powers of the North and the West have…

— Bruno Latour

“Most every charge you level at American capitalism applies with equal force to communism, with this nice difference, that the Reds make…

— Edward Abbey

The worst of this ever growing cancer of Statism [ie big 'paternal' government - socialism, communism and fascism] is its moral effect.…

— Albert J. Nock

Communism destroyed so many generations. I look at my grandparents and their generation, and it's as if their lives were taken from…

— Anton Yelchin

In capitalist society we have a democracy that is curtailed, wretched, false, a democracy only for the rich, for the minority. The…

— Vladimir Lenin

The walking delegates of a higher civilization, who have nothing to divide, look upon the notion of property as a purely artificial…

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

I hate extremes of any kind. Communism [seeks] the domination of the state over the individual... All my life I have stood…

— Margaret Thatcher

The Soviet Union and something called communism per se had not been the object of Washington's global attacks. There had never been…

— William Blum

There is a reason why you see such an antagonism to religion. Because communism necessitates the destruction of religion for one reason.…

— Rafael Cruz

D-Day represents the greatest achievement of the american people and system in the 20th century. It was the pivot point of the…

— Stephen Ambrose

I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it is better to die on the losing…

— Whittaker Chambers

Really, the one thing that actually works - you know, state-run communism may not be your cup of tea, but [China's] government…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

Capitalism makes people unequally rich. Communism makes people equally poor.

— Thomas Friedman

A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion.

— Milton Friedman

We must hate - hatred is the basis of communism. Children must be taught to hate their parents if they are not…

— Vladimir Lenin

This Marxian sentence, repeated to the point of boredom, is misinterpreted. In reality [Karl] Marx was a "religious" man.

— Erich Fromm

Communism is evil. Its driving forces are the deadly sins of envy and hatred.

— Peter Drucker

The economic disasters of socialism and communism come from assuming a blanket superiority of those who want to run a whole economy.

— Thomas Sowell

Communism has decided against God, against Christ, against the Bible, and against all religion.

— Billy Graham

My district is home to a large Vietnamese population, including many who fled Vietnam to escape communism.

— Michelle Steel

Under communism (socialism), there is no incentive to supply people with anything they need or want, including safety.

— George Reisman

Those who share the same values with you are your darlings, not those who share the same blood with you.

— Ilkin Santak

Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God.

— Billy Graham

Islam should be compared to other totalitarian ideologies like Communism or Fascism.

— Geert Wilders

The best way to make Communists is to put the Americans into a place where there were no Communists before.

— Norodom Sihanouk

When something looks cheap, it looks cheap and that is all, and there is no justification for this cheapness.

— Ilkin Santak