Brotherly Quote by Erich Fromm

The socialist tradition…goes back to Jesus Christ, not (Karl) Marx.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

For [Karl] Marx what counts is man. He is the root of everything;while for capitalism, the aim are things, profit, and man is only…

— Erich Fromm

And Marx spoke of the fact that socialism will be the kingdom of freedom, where man realizes himself in a way that humankind has…

— Albert Maltz

“Marxism, like all other totalitarian movements in our century, must be seen as kind of secular pattern of redemption , designed to bring hope…

— Robert A. Nisbet

All contemporary religions and churches, all and every kind of religious organization, Marxism has always viewed as organs of bourgeois reaction, serving as a…

— Vladimir Lenin

According to Marx, socialism is the first stage of communism and it covers a very long historical period in which we must practise the…

— Deng Xiaoping

“Socialism, or communism as it is sometimes called, is merely a secular religion, where the State becomes a god.”

— Stefan Molyneux

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

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

To the believer Marxism presents, first, a system of ultimate ends that embody the meaning of life and are absolute standards by which to…

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

Marx saw that capitalism is a wasteful, irrational system, a system which controls us when we should be controlling it. That insight is still…

— Peter Singer

Marx is thought of as an implacable foe of capitalism. But go back and read the first section of the Communist Manifesto. Notice how…

— Allen W. Wood

In my opinion, Marxism is a great creed of human liberation. It is the creed which says that when all other empires fade and…

— Michael Foot