“Nothing in our time is more interesting than the erstwhile capitalist corporation and the erstwhile Communist firm should, under the imperatives of organization, come together as oligarchies of their own members.” ShouldTogetherInterestingMembersOrganizationFirmCorporationsOur TimeCommunistCapitalistImperativesOligarchy Book:the new industrial state Source: the new industrial state
“I hold no brief for Communists, but I believe in and will defend their right to act independently within the law. I question whether members of the committee are interested in defending our form of government or whether they are attempting to suppress political opinion at odds with their own.” BelieveGovernmentFormLawPoliticalI BelieveOpinionMembersI Believe InCommunistOddsCommitteesAttemptingForms Of GovernmentPolitical Opinions Author:Gregory Peck
“The members of our secret service have apparently spent so much time under the bed looking for communists that they haven't had the time to look in the bed.” LooksSecretHavensBedMembersCommunistSecret Service Author:Michael Foot
“The main difference between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution was that the former was mostly the work of Communist party members and others who wanted to bring about 'socialism with a human face.'” HumansWantedFacesDifferencesPartyRevolutionMembersSpringSocialismFormerCommunistVelvetCommunist PartyHuman FacesPrague Author:Adam Michnik
“Czech Republic is an important part of central Europe. It's clear that we must participate in European integration. I am convinced that the Czech Republic - or, in the past, Czechoslovakia - would have been one of the founding members of the EU if it hadn't been for the communist takeover in 1948.” IfsHas BeensImportantPastClearMembersEuropeConvincedRepublicCommunistIntegrationFoundingCzechTakeoversCzechoslovakiaCzech RepublicEuropean Integration Author:Vaclav Klaus
“A lot of my father's generation were thinking about communism and had deep liberal and progressive connections. He never admitted whether he was a card-carrying communist party member but I think its possible.” ThinkingFatherPartyGenerationsMembersConnectionsCardsCommunismProgressiveCommunistCommunist Party Author:Anne Waldman
“In the Communist Party, we address problems very openly and sometimes very vocally, and we point out abuses. This is a good thing. We exercise self-criticism once a year. Although 80 percent of the members of the National Assembly are also members of the Communist Party, this does not prevent them from sharply criticizing the administrative and governmental system.” YearsDoeSelfSometimesProblemPartyExerciseMembersPercentCriticismAbuseGood ThingsAddressesCriticizeCommunistAssemblyAdministrativeCommunist PartySelf Criticism Author:Nguyen Minh Triet
“When the Communist Party comes to power, it acts a lot like the mafia: If you are a loyal member in good standing, everything is yours. You're protected, even if you commit a crime.” IfsPartyCrimeMembersStandingCommitCommunistLoyalProtectedMafiaCommunist Party Author:Josef Skvorecky
“No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.” GenerationsMembersQuittingDamnCommunistOur GenerationDropouts Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but it is bitter and unforgettable.” StatesPartyTasteMembersPoliceBitterBitternessCommunistPolice StateUnforgettableCommunist Party Author:Elia Kazan
“They [the union] were members of the Communist Party - they didn't care one way or another about Russia, they just cared about the United States.” WayStatesCareUnitedPartyUnited StatesMembersUnionsRussiaOne WayCommunistCommunist Party Author:Noam Chomsky
“From the outset, when [Ho Chi Minh] became a member of the French Communist Party in 1920, he was an independent thinker who adjusted Marxist-Leninist ideas and tactics to what he perceived to be the concrete situation in Indochina.” IdeasPartySituationMembersIndependentCommunistThinkerConcreteTacticsMarxistCommunist PartyIndochina Author:William J. Duiker
“I was very restless. I really wanted to be a part of a kind of a progressive society. I was fed up with these Communist doctrines and you were hassled all the time with members of the Party committee who were KGB, what you have to do, where in the West you can go or not to go.” KindWantedPartyMembersWestDoctrineFedsProgressiveCommunistCommitteesRestlessFed UpKgbProgressive Society Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov
“I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party who are members of the Communist Party.” BelieveI BelievePartyMembersDemocratProgressiveCommunistCommunist PartyCaucus Author:Allen West