COMMUNISM QUOTES

quotations about communism

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

HELDER CAMARA

Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings


Communism is a form of government under which every citizen at election time enjoys the privilege of voting Yes.

EVAN ESAR

20,000 Quotes & Quips


For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion.

ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN

attributed, The Impossible Takes Longer


How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

RONALD REAGAN

speech, Sep. 25, 1987


Communism deprives no man of the ability to appropriate the fruits of his labour. The only thing it deprives him of is the ability to enslave others by means of such appropriations.

KARL MARX

The Communist Manifesto


If communism ever reestablishes itself successfully upon earth, it must be on a foundation of soul's brotherhood and the death of egoism.

SRI AUROBINDO

India's rebirth: A selection from Sri Aurobindo's writing, talks and speeches


Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism but in a higher synthesis. It is found in a higher synthesis that combines the truths of both.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

"Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?"


Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

FRANK ZAPPA

attributed, Democracy at Large


Reforming communism is like baking snowballs.

LESZEK KOLAKOWSKI

attributed, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc.: The Dynamics of a New Empire


You are horrified at our intending to do away with private property. But in your existing society, private property is already done away with for nine-tenths of the population; its existence for the few is solely due to its non-existence in the hands of those nine-tenths. You reproach us, therefore, with intending to do away with a form of property, the necessary condition for whose existence is the non-existence of any property for the immense majority of society.

KARL MARX

The Communist Manifesto


The hopes which inspire communism are, in the main, as admirable as those instilled by the Sermon on the Mount, but they are held as fanatically and are as likely to do as much harm.

BERTRAND RUSSELL

The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism


The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.

KARL MARX

The Communist Manifesto


The problem with Marxism is the proletariat isn’t going to rise up against capitalism and consumerism. The only time they’ll rise up is during a commercial break to either go to the bathroom or grab more beer.

JAROD KINTZ

At Even One Penny, This Book Would Be Overpriced


I have one question for those rulers: If communism is the wave of the future, why do you still need walls to keep people in and armies of secret police to keep them quiet?

RONALD REAGAN

speech, Jul. 19, 1983


Let's not talk about communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky.

BORIS YELTSIN

attributed, Democracy at Large


In communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.

ADAM JOHNSON

The Orphan's Master's Son


The principle of communism is the enrichment of the idle at the expense of the provident; it is plunder legalized.

MARY TRIMMER

attributed, Day's Collacon


Communism was a very defective answer to some very good questions. In throwing out the bad answer, we have forgotten the good questions. I want to put the good questions back on the table.

TONY JUDT

"The Trials of Tony Judt", The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 6, 2010


The ultimate weakness of Communism is that it robs man of that quality which makes him man.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Strength to Love


A Communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

attributed, Speak Out with Clout