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The most dangerous Communism [...] is the wolf in sheep's clothing of conservatism who bent upon preserving the policies of greed.

— Charles Coughlin

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I believe in upholding the right to private property but in controlling it for the public good.

The representatives of labor should have a voice in the management of the business.

A Series of Lectures on Social Justice (1935)

I believe in nationalizing those public resources which by their very nature are too important to be held in the control of private individuals.

I oppose modem capitalism because by its very nature it cannot and will not function for the common good. In fact, it is a detriment to civilization.

Must the entire world go to war for 600,000 Jews in Germany who are neither American, nor French, nor English citizens, but citizens of Germany?

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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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