Marxism Quotes

“LIFE IS SUBVERSIVE”

— Ernesto Cardenal

Wonderful theory, wrong species.

— E. O. Wilson

Marxism is the opium of the Marxists.

— Joan Robinson

History is not an escalator.

— Max Eastman

Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.

— Terry Eagleton

“The trouble with Marxism is that it takes up too many evenings.”

— Oscar Wilde

“The secret of wealth is that workers are systematically underpaid.”

— Julie Rivkin

Marxism is the modern form of Jewish prophecy.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.

— Eric Hoffer

Marxism is not scientific: at the best, it has scientific prejudices.

— Albert Camus

Leninism is Marxism of the era of imperialism and the proletarian revolution.

— Joseph Stalin

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

— Edmund Wilson

Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physical resurrection or casting…

— Lionel Blue

“If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist. [ In a letter about the peculiar 'Marxism' which…

— Karl Marx

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

— Lionel Blue

Honest to God, so International Women's Day, just like May Day and just like Earth Day, all have roots to Marxism and…

— Rush Limbaugh

Marxism is now a world faith and must be allowed to enter into a continuous dialogue with other world faiths, including religious…

— Tony Benn

“[Under Marxism] Christ the Redeemer is replaced by the steam engine as the promise of the realm to come.”

— Eric Voegelin

“By buying the power of the workman, the capitalist has, therefore, acquired the right to use of make that labouring power during…

— Karl Marx

The nuclear age has refuted the idea of progress and Marxism has been refuted by Stalinism. Therefore people have returned to the…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

For us, Marxism is always open because there are always new xperiences, there are always new facts, including facts about the past,…

— Ernest Mandel

“The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being,…

— Tom Clancy

During the Reagan Administration, so much attention was devoted to fighting Marxism in Nicaragua and El Salvador that Washington lost sight of…

— Stephen Kinzer

“The problem with Marxism is the proletariat isn’t going to rise up against capitalism and consumerism. The only time they’ll rise up…

— Jarod Kintz

As long as the decent people refuse to believe that morality must manifest itself in every sphere of human activity, including the…

— Fulton J. Sheen

I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student to advocate Marxism, socialism, communism, or any…

— Richard M. Nixon

Deconstruction never had meaning or interest, at least in my eyes, than as a radicalization, that is to say, also within the…

— Jacques Derrida

I remained a socialist for several years, even after my rejection of Marxism; and if there could be such a thing as…

— Karl Popper

In one important sense, Marxism is a religion. To the believer it presents, first, a system of ultimate ends that embody the…

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

The fundamental purpose of Marxism is the total control of a population under the belief that individualism and free markets lead to…

— Rush Limbaugh

It is absurd for anyone to think that Soviet "Marxism" is a correct application of the thought of Karl Marx. No doubt…

— Allen W. Wood

“The bourgeoisie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all, even the…

— Karl Marx

Before our eyes we have the results of ideologies such as Marxism, Nazism and fascism, and also of myths like racial superiority,…

— Pope John Paul II

The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being,…

— Tom Clancy

I prize my own independence too much. And philosophically, I could never accept any rigid dogma or ideology, whether it's Christianity or…

— Saul Alinsky

“The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban…

— Karl Marx

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government.

— Martin Luther King

Marxism is always open, always critical, always self-critical.

— Ernest Mandel

Sea Shepherd is to terrorism what Groucho was to Marxism.

— Paul Watson

Some call it Marxism — I call it Judaism.

— Genrikh Yagoda