These quotes warns about the dangers of communism, dictatorship, totalitarianism, and socialism, while emphasizing individual liberty and rights. It highlights that systems that suppress freedom and go against human nature will ultimately collapse, stressing the importance of a free and responsible society.
⊙Systems That Suppress Freedom: Criticism of Communism and Socialism
This collection of quotes critiques the dangers of totalitarianism, dictatorship, socialism, and communism, emphasizing the importance of individual liberty and ownership.
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence:
Abolish all private property.
- Karl Marx -
- Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. - Frank Zappa
- The trouble with socialism is that it takes up too many evenings. - Oscar Wilde
- Communism and authoritarianism in China are inseparable; the Communist Party’s grip on power is a continual threat to personal freedoms. - Ai Weiwei
- "Communism went against life, against man’s fundamental needs, against the need for freedom, the need to be enterprising, to associate freely against the will of the nation,” Václav Havel noted. “Something that goes against life may last a long time, but sooner or later it will collapse.” - Gordon G. Chang, The Coming Collapse of China
⊙Ideologies that Lead to Dictatorship and Oppression: Socialism, Communism
This collection of quotes critiques the dangers of totalitarianism, dictatorship, socialism, and communism, while advocating for individual liberty and rights. The quotes highlight the historical failures of socialism and the inherent flaws of communism, emphasizing that they ultimately lead to dictatorship and oppression.
The champions of socialism call themselves progressives,
but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement.
They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty.
They call themselves democrats, but they yearn for dictatorship.
They call themselves revolutionaries,
but they want to make the government omnipotent.
They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden,
but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office.
Every man but one a subordinate clerk in a bureau.
What an alluring utopia!
What a noble cause to fight!
- Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis -
- Socialism is like a dream. Sooner or later you have to wake up to reality. - Margaret Thatcher
- Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it. - Thomas Sowell, Knowledge and Decisions
The goal of socialism is communism.
- Vladimir Lenin -
- Communism is a way of thinking. Socialism is wimpy communism. When you don't have the courage to become a communist, you become a socialist. - Jaggi Vasudev(Sadhguru)
- Under communism, individuals are merely a means to be used toward the achievement of the ends of the collective nation-state. Thus, individuals can be easily sacrificed for the nation-state's goals. - Robert C. O'Brien
- Popular capitalism, which is the economic expression of liberty, is proving a much more attractive means for diffusing power in our society. Socialists cry “Power to the people,” and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean—power over people, power to the State. To us Conservatives, popular capitalism means what it says: power through ownership to the man and woman in the street, given confidently with an open hand. - Margaret Thatcher
- Socialism is the religion of the unsuccessful. - Oscar Wilde
- The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it. - Jesse Ventura
Communism is oppression disguised as a savior for the oppressed.
- Source uncertain: Vladimir Bukovsky, Thomas Sowell -
- Socialism is the root of all evil. It is worse than corruption. - Source uncertain
- I see in Communism the focus of the concentrated evil of our time. - Whittaker Chambers
- China is not a communist country. It is a totalitarian state ruled by a communist party. - Source uncertain: Marco Rubio, Ma Jian
- Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. - Winston Churchill
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 -
⊙Tyranny Under the Guise of Law: Quotes on Legal Oppression
These quotes warn how law can become a tool of tyranny and oppression. Tyranny disguised under the guise of law and justice is even more cruel, and the law can devolve into a means to support corrupt power. They emphasize that when the rule of law breaks down and law serves only the dominant class, true justice is lost.
The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates.
- Tacitus -
- The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law. - Christopher Hitchens
- There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. - Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws
- China is not a country where there is rule of law. It is a country where the law is used as a tool to maintain the power of the Communist Party. - Chen Guangcheng
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
- Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws -
- When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, you're no longer under rule of law. - Unknown
- The law is a tool of the dominant class. - Karl Marx
Dear World,
CCP will infiltrate your government,
Chinese enterprises interferes your stance,
ChiNa will harvest your home like Xinjiang.
BE AWARE
or
BE NEXT!
- Message left on the wall of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology -
Additional resources:
The Fight for Freedom: Quotes Exposing the Dangers of Communism, Dictatorship, and False Welfare
Hitler's Dangerous Quotes: Philosophy of Dictatorship, Propaganda, Violence, Lies, and Power
The Dark Art of Propaganda: Joseph Goebbels' Disturbing Quotes
1984: George Orwell's Critique of Totalitarianism and Dictatorship
Wisdom to Protect Freedom: Quotes on the Dangers of Communism and Socialism
The Cost of Freedom: Quotes and Warnings Against Communism and Totalitarianism
The road to serfdom – Cartoon (Full Version)
Freedom's Price: Quotes Reflecting on Sacrifice and Service
Essential Quotes on Elections, Voting, and Political Participation
Ronald Reagan: Quotes on Democracy, Freedom, and Leadership
Motivational Quotes To Inspire You.
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