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Communist Quotes

Firsthand reflections on a defining ideology

These communist quotes offer historical perspective, including reflections on why the Soviet Union's ruling party ultimately fell apart and how conflicts arose between communist nations. Read more in Country quotes.

Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate? Why did the Soviet Communist Party collapse? An important reason was that their ideals and beliefs had been shaken.

Quotes by Xi Jinping

My dad was a Communist Party member who fought for his country.

Quotes by Tim Roth

The kleptocracy overseen by Chinese President Xi Jinping is more vicious and brutally anti-democratic than any regime run by any clique the Chinese Communist Party's ruling elite has vomited up since the days of Mao Zedong.

Quotes by Terry Glavin

Many countries, even socialist Sweden and former communist Russia, have done away with their death taxes. They found the confiscation of wealth at death to be counterproductive.

Quotes by Stephen Moore

Been Quotes

I came out of the Soviet Union no longer a communist, because I believed in personal freedom.

Quotes by Rose Wilder Lane

I don't pay a lot of attention to communist infiltrators.

Quotes by Roger Ailes

I came from a communist country where there are no luxury cars.

Quotes by Robert Herjavec

And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of leaders of the Communist Party, and then of all honest anti-fascists.

Quotes by Paul Robeson

Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.

Quotes by Patricia Highsmith

China Quotes

The A.N.C. was established in 1912 and the S.A. Communist Party in 1921, and so there has been an overlapping of membership all along the line.

Quotes by Oliver Tambo

The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.

Quotes by Neil Sheehan

My parents fled from North Korea during the Korean War because they despised the North Korean Communist regime. They fled to seek freedom and came to South Korea.

Quotes by Moon Jae-in

I was a communist, but being left-wing was fashionable. I was no different from thousands of middle-class kids.

Quotes by Miuccia Prada

The so-called 'materialistic conception of history,' with the crude elements of genius of the early form which appeared, for instance, in the 'Communist Manifesto,' still prevails only in the minds of laymen and dilettantes.

Quotes by Max Weber

Communist Party Quotes

I grew up in communist Russia where we didn't have anything, so I'm not worried that I can't buy an extra pair of shoes.

Quotes by Margarita Levieva

According to the oil and gas industry and their proponents, I am a communist, terrorist, Nazi, Russian-sympathizing, anti-American, arsonist, extremist.

Quotes by Josh Fox

I think the word 'progressive' is a very devious term. It was created as a substitute for 'communist.' What they propose is the reverse of progress.

Quotes by Jon Voight

I've never said I'm a communist.

Quotes by John Lydon

No company fails in communist China, because they're all partly owned by the government.

Quotes by Jim Bunning

Country Quotes

The world would be better off with multiple superpowers. When Communist USSR was a superpower, the world was better off.

Quotes by Janeane Garofalo

Frequently Asked Questions

What historical events do these communist quotes reference?
They reference the fall of the ruling party in the Soviet Union, conflict between communist nations, and families personally affected by communist rule during the Cold War era.
Is there a quote about why the Soviet Union fell apart?
Yes, one reflects on why the ruling communist party there collapsed, pointing to shaken ideals and beliefs as a key reason.
Do any quotes come from personal family history?
Yes, several speakers describe parents who were Communist Party members or who fled communist regimes in search of freedom.
Is there a quote about conflict between communist nations?
Yes, one notes the unusual case of two communist countries ending up in direct armed conflict.
How does this topic connect to related historical quotes?
See China and Communist Party quotes for more on related 20th-century history.

Others come from families with direct personal history, including those who fled communist rule in search of freedom. Browse China and Communist Party quotes for related history.