“Communism is like Prohibition, it’s a good idea but it…

“Communism is like Prohibition, it’s a good idea but it won’t work”
–Will Rogers

Quotes against Communism

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“Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.”
~ Clement Attlee, The Observer (1956) - View Quote Details on “Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and…
“Communism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff.”
–Frank Zappa - View Quote Details on –Frank Zappa">“Communism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff.”
–Frank Zappa
“Some tell me “Preach the pure gospel!” This reminds me that the Communist secret police also told me to preach Christ, but not to mention communism. Is it really so, that those who are for what is called “a pure gospel” are inspired by the same spirit as those of the Communist secret police?”
- Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured For Christ, p. 75 (1967). - View Quote Details on “Some tell me “Preach the pure gospel!” This reminds me…
“Communism differs from all previous movements in that it overturns the basis of all earlier relations of production and intercourse, and for the first time consciously treats all natural premises as the creatures of hitherto existing men, strips them of their natural character and subjugates them to the power of the united individuals. Its organisation is, therefore, essentially economic, the material production of the conditions of this unity; it turns existing conditions into conditions of unity. The reality, which communism is creating, is precisely the true basis for rendering it impossible that anything should exist independently of individuals, insofar as reality is only a product of the preceding intercourse of individuals themselves.”
–Karl Marx - View Quote Details on “Communism differs from all previous movements in that it overturns…
“The political form of a society wherein the proletariat is victorious in overthrowing the bourgeoisie will be a democratic republic.”
–Vladimir Lenin - View Quote Details on “The political form of a society wherein the proletariat is…
“We first fought the heathens in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.”
–Serj Tankian - View Quote Details on “We first fought the heathens in the name of religion,…
“Nonetheless, one final and inescapable conflict remains before us, the war between democracy and communism. Although each side has equipped itself with fearsome weapons and is pitted against the other in readiness for battle, the core of their conflict is internal and ideological. Which side will triumph in this final ideological conflict? Anyone who believes in the reality of God will surely answer that democracy will win.”
-Sun Myung Moon, Divine Principle, Introduction. - View Quote Details on “Nonetheless, one final and inescapable conflict remains before us, the…
“It all came from there.”
–Lech Walesa, pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell - View Quote Details on –Lech Walesa, pointing to a TV...">“It all came from there.”
–Lech Walesa, pointing to a TV…
“Communists always say that Capitalism leaves holes for crime, poverty and a higher society and that it is wrong. Communists do an even worse job at correcting this. Capitalism has a mission to give every person everything they want, and right now we are set out to fulfill that mission. All we lack is a means.”
–Cole Stewart - View Quote Details on “Communists always say that Capitalism leaves holes for crime, poverty…
“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.”
–Dom Helder Camara, Brazilian archbishop - View Quote Details on “When I give food to the poor, they call me…