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Tim Buck Quotes

1891–1973 Canada

Timothy "Tim" Buck (6 January 1891 – 11 March 1973) was a long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada.

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Marxists

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I am proud that I have devoted all my life to the struggle for the triumph of Leninism.

The Communist Party must be a revolutionary party or it will cease to be a Communist Party.

For a time I gave the appearance of defending Stalin. I didn't defend what he had done; the fact is, nobody could defend the things that Khrushchev revealed.

It was clear to me that the invasion changed the whole possibilities of the outcome of the war.

The key to the defeat and eventually the end of imperialism as a a whole is the unity of all socialist countries and progressive forces in capitalist countries.

These men volunteered to fight against the German Kaiser's armies - not against Russian workers and peasants.

Fascist organizations were being generously financed by big business in various parts of the Country

[The Mac-Paps] covered the name of Canada with glory, from Jarama to the Ebro, in the greatest battles fought against fascism in the war.

[Canada's ruling circles seek] to ally themselves more closely with American imperialism without giving up the economic advantages of membership in the British Empire.

While speaking in Lloydminster Alberta/Saskatchewan, he was asked "Do you believe in God?" Tim Buck replied "Do you believe in Santa Claus?"

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tim Buck (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.