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"When I die, my only wish is that Cambodia remain Cambodia and belong to the West. It is over for communism, and I want to stress that."

"When I die, my only wish is that Cambodia remain Cambodia and belong to the West. It is over for communism, and I want to stress that."

Pol Pot, Cambodian Criminal

Communism, Stress, Want

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"Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English."

"Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Communism, English, Socialism

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"Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation."

"Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Communism, Practice

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"I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh."

"I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh."

Norman Wisdom, English Comedian

Communism, Nothing, Reason

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"We believe firmly that Communism internally and externally can and must be fought without resort to the Communist tactics of the suppression of all individual freedom."

"We believe firmly that Communism internally and externally can and must be fought without resort to the Communist tactics of the suppression of all individual freedom."

Emanuel Celler, American Politician

Communism, Freedom

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"Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world."

"Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world."

Earl Warren, American Judge

Communism, Force, Liberty, World

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"We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism. The difference in Budapest over the last five years has been remarkable."

"We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism. The difference in Budapest over the last five years has been remarkable."

Derek Jacobi, British Actor

Communism, Difference, Remarkable, Years

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"Communism is like one big phone company."

"Communism is like one big phone company."

Lenny Bruce, American Comedian

Communism, Company

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"I can understand Communism, but not Socialism."

"I can understand Communism, but not Socialism."

Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian Lawyer

Communism, Socialism

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"The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, any rationale for having nuclear weapons disappeared."

"The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, any rationale for having nuclear weapons disappeared."

Joseph Rotblat, Polish Physicist

Communism, Disaster, Race, Weapons

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

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

Whoopi Goldberg, American Actress

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

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

A. J. P. Taylor, British Historian

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"Communism is what happens when Socialists realize that they want complete control over every aspect of human life."

"Communism is what happens when Socialists realize that they want complete control over every aspect of human life."

A.E. Samaan, American Author

Communism, Control, Ideology, Power, Authority

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"Communism is the riddle of history solved, and it knows itself to be this solution."

"Communism is the riddle of history solved, and it knows itself to be this solution."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Communism, History, Ideology, Theory

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

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

A.E. Samaan, American Author

Communism, Ideology, Liberty, Politics, Warning

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"Communism deprives no man of the power to appropriate the products of society: all that it does is to deprive him of the power to subjugate the labor of others by means of such appropriation.It has been objected, that upon the abolition of private property all work will cease, and universal laziness will overtake us.According to this, bourgeois society ought long ago to have gone to the dogs through sheer idleness; for those of its members who work, acquire nothing, and those who acquire anything, do not work."

"Communism deprives no man of the power to appropriate the products of society: all that it does is to deprive him of the power to subjugate the labor of others by means of such appropriation.It has been objected, that upon the abolition of private property all work will cease, and universal laziness will overtake us.According to this, bourgeois society ought long ago to have gone to the dogs through sheer idleness; for those of its members who work, acquire nothing, and those who acquire anything, do not work."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Communism, Labor, Property, Ideology

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