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Karl Marx4 quotes
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs! — Karl Marx · 1883A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism. — Karl Marx · 1848The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. — Karl Marx · 1848What I did that was new was to prove... That the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat. — Karl Marx · 1852Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper2 quotes
I can no longer sit back and allow communist infiltration, communist indoctrination, communist subversion, and the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. — Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper · 1964Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face? — Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper · 1964George Orwell2 quotes
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. — George Orwell · 1945The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. — George Orwell · 1945Harry Truman2 quotes
Communism is based on the belief that man is so weak and inadequate that he is unable to govern himself, and therefore requires the rule of strong masters. Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice. — Harry Truman · 1949Communism subjects the individual to arrest without lawful cause, punishment without trial, and forced labor as the chattel of the state. It decrees what information he shall receive, what art he shall produce, what leaders he shall follow, and what thoughts he shall think. — Harry Truman · 1949Joseph McCarthy2 quotes
I have here in my hand a list of 205... A list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department. — Joseph McCarthy · 1950McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled. — Joseph McCarthy · 1952Pope John Paul II2 quotes
The tree was already rotten. I just gave it a good shake and the rotten apples fell. — Pope John Paul II · 1996It would be simplistic to say that Divine Providence caused the fall of communism. It fell by itself as a consequence of its own mistakes and abuses. It fell by itself because of its own inherent weakness — Pope John Paul II · 1994Clement Attlee1 quote
The illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great. — Clement Attlee · 1956Edward R. Murrow1 quote
No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices. — Edward R. Murrow · 1954Emil Mazey1 quote
I can't prove you are a Communist. But when I see a bird that quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, has feathers and webbed feet and associates with ducks-I'm certainly going to assume that he is a duck. — Emil Mazey · 1946Friedrich Engels1 quote
The State is not "abolished", it withers away. — Friedrich Engels · 1878Ronald Reagan1 quote
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! — Ronald Reagan · 1987Sylvain Marechal1 quote
We aim at something more sublime and more equitable-the common good, or the community of goods... We demand, we would have, the communal enjoyment of the fruits which are for everyone. — Sylvain Marechal · 1796Vladimir Lenin1 quote
Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country. — Vladimir Lenin · 1920