How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
—Ronald Reagan
Romania had been under communist rule since 1945, but it was after Ceausescu came to power in 1965 that life really began to deteriorate.… Then, one night in the late 1980s, a group of men dressed as street sweepers draped the statue of Lenin in Bucharest with big truck tires and set them on fire. It was a bold and daring act in a country where, it was said, for every Romanian on the street there were two secret police officers. The next morning traffic was detoured while workers from nearby factories were brought in to clean the statue with razor blades. That day I realized that change was possible.
—Florin Ion Firimita
When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the poor were hungry, they called me a communist.
—Dom H. Camara
Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.
—Frank Zappa
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.
—John Kenneth Galbraith
Communism is like one big phone company.
—Lenny Bruce
Communism is like prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work.
—Will Rogers