I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.
George Bernard ShawMany Communist government officials have a rigid, dictatorial power, but they live in constant suspicion and fear of anything that might undermine the power they have.
Thich Nhat HanhThe theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
Karl MarxIf I decide to make a coat red in the show, it’s not just red, I think: is it communist red? Is it cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big red balloon red?
Lady GagaThere are many people in the world who really don’t understand-or say they don’t-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin!
John F. KennedyCommunists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.
Nelson MandelaI spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.
Madeleine AlbrightA specter is haunting Europe – the specter of communism.
Karl MarxCommunism has decided against God, against Christ, against the Bible, and against all religion.
Billy GrahamCommunism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
John F. KennedyCommunism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God.
Billy GrahamThe U.S.S.R. had absolutely nothing to do with the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
Fidel CastroThere is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.
Karl MarxHow 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 ReaganAbout astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.
Kurt VonnegutThere is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.
Fidel CastroTake it from someone who fled the Iron Curtain: I know what happens when you give the Russians a green light.
Madeleine AlbrightAt the outset, I want to say that the suggestion that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or communists is wholly incorrect. I have done whatever I did because of my experience in South Africa and my own proudly felt African background, and not because of what any outsider might have said.
Nelson MandelaSocialism is the same as Communism, only better English.
George Bernard ShawI never accepted Communist dogma or theory.
J. Robert OppenheimerCastro couldn’t even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet.
Richard M. NixonFrom each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
Karl MarxCommunism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff.
Frank ZappaI am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.
Fidel CastroCommunism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
Will RogersIt was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.
Ho Chi MinhMarx and Engels never talked about murdering the bourgeois. According to the old bourgeois concept, the judges were the ones who judged, and the executioners were the ones who executed.
Fidel CastroI don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.
Henry KissingerI became a Communist by studying capitalist political economy, and when I had some understanding of that problem, it actually seemed to me so absurd, so irrational, so inhuman, that I simply began to elaborate on my own formulas for production and distribution.
Fidel CastroOne of the most important concepts of revealed religion is that of a sacred covenant.
Russell M. NelsonThe Cold War isn’t thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn’t sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.
Richard M. Nixon