Re: [Quotations] Communism

["Hung M. La" <hung_la@ibm.net>]

Here are some quotations for this weekend.

TGIF
Hung

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          What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings 
          For equal division of unequal earnings.
          Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing
          To fork out his copper and pocket a shilling. 
               --Ebenezer Elliott

          Communism has nothing to do with love. Communism is an excellent hammer which we use to destroy our enemy. 
               --Mao Tse-Tung

          A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you
          up. 
               --Winston Churchill

          I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men. 
               --H. L. Mencken

          The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property. 
               --Karl Marx

          I do not believe in communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in this country; several
          of the ;best friends I have got are Communists. 
               --Franklin Delano Roosevelt

          Communism means barbarism. 
               --James Russell Lowell

          Communism possesses a language which every people can understand--its elements are hunger, envy, and death. 
               --Heinrich Heine

          They say that the Soviet delegates smile. That smile is genuine. It is not artificial. We wish to live in peace, tranquility. But if
          anyone believes that our smiles involve abandonment of the teaching of Marx, Engels and Lenin he deceives himself poorly.
          Those who wait for that must wait until a shrimp learns to whistle. 
               --Nikita Khrushchev

          Communism is a society where each one works according to his abilities and gets according to his needs. 
               --Pierre Joseph Proudhon

          Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity--in short, of tyranny--and it is committed to
          making tyranny universal. 
               --AdlaiE. Stevenson