Communism

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

John F. Kennedy

There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.

Ayn Rand

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism

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Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won't work.

Will Rogers

Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that alone is a just government which impartially secures to every man whatever is his own.

James Madison

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

Frank Zappa

Communism teaches and seeks two objectives: unrelenting class warfare and the complete eradication of private ownership.

Pope Pius XI

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

Karl Marx

In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. - Manifesto of the Communist Party

Karl Marx

You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright, but we'll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you'll finally wake up and find you already have communism. We won't have to fight you. We'll so weaken your economy until you'll fall like overripe fruit into our hands.

Nikita Khrushchev

Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.

Mao Zedong

The goal of socialism is communism.

Vladimir Lenin

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

Vladimir Lenin

I don't really view communism as a bad thing.

Whoopi Goldberg

I do not believe in communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in this country. Several of the best friends I have got are Communists.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.'

Mikhail Gorbachev

Whatever the price of the Chinese Revolution, it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration, but also in fostering high morale and community of purpose. The social experiment in China under Chairman Mao's leadership is one of the most important and successful in human history.

David Rockefeller