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The working men of Ireland had always stood by their priests when there was a price on their heads. They have neither room nor scope for Fascism or Communism.

— Timothy Quill The Kerryman (1937)

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The Pope (Pius XI) was a man before his time, because today, unfortunately, very few of the leaders of the world seemed disposed to accept the advice as fully as the world might accept it.

The Cork Examiner (1939)

Work, but use your head as well as your hands, trust in God and He will never let you down.

The Cork Examiner (1955)

The rising prices and scarcity of some articles of food shows that there is no control of profits.

Irish Press (1941)

Why should films not be used for Irish-Ireland purposes and for the proper appreciation of scenery and beauty?

Irish Independent (1943)

The County Council has been described as a council of tinkers, but I wish to turn it into a council of thinkers.

The Southern Star (1935)

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For the state to wither away completely, complete communism is necessary.

Vladimir Lenin The State and Revolution (1917)

I dislike Communism because it is undemocratic, and capitalism because it favors exploitation.

Bertrand Russell Unarmed Victory (1963)

Communism is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat.

Friedrich Engels Principles of Communism (1847)

Communism has sometimes succeeded as a scavenger, but never as a leader. It has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

John F. Kennedy

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