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title: "7 Communist Regimes Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [It seems to be that when these communist regimes take over - if you look at the example of Vietnam or Cambodia…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-negroponte/it-seems-to-be-that-when-these-communist-regimes-take-over-if-you/)

[John Negroponte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-negroponte/)

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> [Anyone who thinks that the Communist regimes of Central Europe are exclusively the work of criminals is overlooking a basic truth: The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/anyone-who-thinks-that-the-communist-regimes-of-central-europe-are/)

[Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/)

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> [One by one, these governments came undone, and were forced into IMF tutelage (and national illegitimacy) by the careening oil prices, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-wallerstein/one-by-one-these-governments-came-undone-and-were-forced-into-imf/)

[Immanuel Wallerstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-wallerstein/)

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> [Communist regimes were not some unfortunate aberration, some historical deviation from a socialist ideal. They were the ultimate expression, unconstrained by democratic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/communist-regimes-were-not-some-unfortunate-aberration-some/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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> [“Anyone who thinks that the Communist regimes of Central Europe are exclusively the work of criminals is overlooking a basic truth: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/anyone-who-thinks-that-the-communist-regimes-of-central-europe-are-2/)

[Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/)

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> [There was a huge lack of freedom in communist regimes, but at least they had humanity at the center of their thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-tsipras/there-was-a-huge-lack-of-freedom-in-communist-regimes-but-at-least/)

[Alexis Tsipras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-tsipras/)

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> [Only communist regimes have churned out more jargon than modern business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corinne-maier/only-communist-regimes-have-churned-out-more-jargon-than-modern/)

[Corinne Maier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corinne-maier/)

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