Quotes about communism and socialism

"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use."

Stalin, Joseph on communism and socialism
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"Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood."

Stein, Gertrude on communism and socialism   

"Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice."

Stevenson, Adlai E. on communism and socialism   

"The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism."

Taylor, A. J. P. on communism and socialism   

"Man will become immeasurably stronger, wiser, and subtler; his body will become more harmonious, his movements more rhythmic, his voice more musical. The forms of life will become dynamically dramatic. The average human type will rise to the heights of an Aristotle, a Goethe, or a Marx. And above these heights, new peaks will rise."

Trotsky, Leon on communism and socialism   

"I am a Marxist... of the Groucho tendency."

Unknown, Source on communism and socialism   

"Our fear that Communism might some day take over most of the world blinds us to the fact that anti-communism already has."

Unknown, Source on communism and socialism   

"Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress, but they consider the things government does for others as socialism."

Warren, Earl on communism and socialism   

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

Yeltsin, Boris on communism and socialism   

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

Zedong, Mao on communism and socialism   

"Communists should be the first to be concerned about other people and country and the last to enjoy themselves."

Zhao Ziyang on communism and socialism   

"I am a communist because I believe that the Communist idea is a state form of Christianity."

Zhuravlyov, Alexander on communism and socialism