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Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

— Frank Zappa Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)

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The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life.

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The lessons learnt in the '60s about merchandising stupidity to the American public on a large scale have been used over and over again since that time.

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Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.

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I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment.

Watch out where the huskies go,
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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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