Communism

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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs!

Karl Marx

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Topic

Redistribution of wealth Socialism Communism Political theory Politics

Author

Karl Marx

Source

Critique of the Gotha Programme

Genre

Political literature Economic literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

German

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Kritik des Gothaer Programms [Critique of the Gotha Programme]. Berlin: Friedrich Engels, 1891, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. Critique of the Gotha Program, translated by Kevin B. Anderson. PM Press, 2022, pt. 1.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

George Orwell

Animal Farm

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Topic

Communism Equality

Author

George Orwell

Source

Animal Farm

Medium

Novel

Genre

Allegory Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Orwell, George. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story. Secker and Warburg, 1945, ch. 10.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Ronald Reagan

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Topic

Berlin Wall Cold War Communism

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Source

Address at the Brandenburg Gate

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "Tear Down This Wall!" 12 June 1987, Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin, Germany.

A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Communism

Author

Karl Marx

Source

The Communist Manifesto

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature Economic literature

Language

German

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 1848.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.

The State is not "abolished", it withers away.

Friedrich Engels

Anti-Duhring

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Topic

Political theory Communism Government Politics

Author

Friedrich Engels

Source

Anti-Duhring

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Bad predictions Prophecies and predictions

Language

German

Time

1878 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Engels, Frederick. "Herrn Eugen Dührings Umwälzung der Wissenschaft [Herr Eugen Dühring's Revolution in Science]." Vorwärts, 1878.

Current Citation

Engels, Frederick. "Anti-During." Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works. Vol. 25, Int Pub Co Inc, 1987, pt. 3, ch. 2.

I can no longer sit back and allow communist infiltration, communist indoctrination, communist subversion, and the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

Dr. Strangelove

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Topic

Communist infiltration Political paranoia Communism

Speaker

Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper

Actor

Sterling Hayden

Source

Dr. Strangelove

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) War (film) Black comedy War

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Dr. Strangelove. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Hawk Films, 1964.

I have here in my hand a list of 205... A list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department.

Joseph McCarthy

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Red Scare Cold War Communism American politics

Speaker

Joseph McCarthy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

McCarthy, Joseph. "Enemies from Within." Republican's Women's Club meeting. 9 Feb. 1950, Wheeling, WV, USA. Speech.

I can't prove you are a Communist. But when I see a bird that quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, has feathers and webbed feet and associates with ducks-I'm certainly going to assume that he is a duck.

Emil Mazey

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Communism

Speaker

Emil Mazey

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Mazey, Emil. Spoken at labor meeting of the United Automobile Workers. Labor meeting. 1946, Detroit, MI, USA.

The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Topic

Property rights Communism Political theory Politics

Author

Karl Marx

Source

The Communist Manifesto

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature Economic literature

Language

German

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 1848.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

George Orwell

Animal Farm

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Topic

Russian revolution Revolution Totalitarianism Communism Political hypocrisy

Author

George Orwell

Source

Animal Farm

Medium

Novel

Genre

Allegory Dystopian fiction

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Orwell, George. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story. Secker and Warburg, 1945, ch. 10.

What I did that was new was to prove... That the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat.

Karl Marx

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Class conflict Communism Nature of history History

Author

Karl Marx

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Letter to Joseph Weydemeyer. 5 Mar. 1852.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. "Marx to Joseph Weydemeyer. 5 Mar. 1852." Marx & Engels Collected Works. Vol. 39, International Publishers, 1983.

McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.

Joseph McCarthy

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Red Scare Cold War Communism American politics

Speaker

Joseph McCarthy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

McCarthy, Joseph. Speech in Wisconsin. c. 1952. Wisconsin, USA.

Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?

Dr. Strangelove

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Topic

Communist plots Political paranoia Communism

Speaker

Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper

Actor

Sterling Hayden

Source

Dr. Strangelove

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) War (film) Black comedy War

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dr. Strangelove. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Hawk Films, 1964.

No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.

Edward R. Murrow

On Joseph McCarthy.

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Topic

McCarthyism Red Scare Cold War Communism American politics

Speaker

Edward R. Murrow

Source

See It Now

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Murrow, Edward R. Private comments to staff prior to broadcast of See It Now. 9 Mar. 1954, New York City, NY, USA.

The tree was already rotten. I just gave it a good shake and the rotten apples fell.

Pope John Paul II

On the Soviet Union.

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Topic

Fall of communism Communism

Speaker

Pope John Paul II

Language

Polish

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Pope John Paul II. Quoted in His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time, written by Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi. Doubleday, 1996.

We aim at something more sublime and more equitable-the common good, or the community of goods... We demand, we would have, the communal enjoyment of the fruits which are for everyone.

Sylvain Marechal

Manifesto of the Equals

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Topic

Redistribution of wealth Communism

Author

Sylvain Marechal

Source

Manifesto of the Equals

Genre

Political literature

Language

French

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Sylvain, Marechal. Quoted in "Manifeste des Egaux [Manifesto of the Equals]." Histoire de la conspiration pour Egalite dite de Babeuf, written by Phillipe Buonarotti. Bruxelles: A la librairie Romantique, 1828.

Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.

Vladimir Lenin

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Topic

Communism

Author

Vladimir Lenin

Statement Type

Definition

Language

Russian

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Lenin, Vladimir. "Our Foreign and Domestic Position and Party Tasks." The Moscow Gubernia Conference Of The R.C.P.(B.). 21 Nov. 1920, Moscow, Russia. Speech.

Current Citation

Lenin, Vladimir. Quoted in Communism, written by Mark Sandle. Routledge, 2014.

The illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.

Clement Attlee

On Russian communism.

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Topic

Russian communism Communism

Speaker

Clement Attlee

Source

The Times of London

Medium

Speech Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Attlee, Clement. Speech at Aarhus University. 11 Apr. 1956, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

Communism subjects the individual to arrest without lawful cause, punishment without trial, and forced labor as the chattel of the state. It decrees what information he shall receive, what art he shall produce, what leaders he shall follow, and what thoughts he shall think.

Harry Truman

Second Inaugural Address of Harry Truman

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Communism

Speaker

Harry Truman

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Harry Truman Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Truman, Harry S. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1949, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Communism is based on the belief that man is so weak and inadequate that he is unable to govern himself, and therefore requires the rule of strong masters. Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice.

Harry Truman

Second Inaugural Address of Harry Truman

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Cold War Communism vs. democracy Communism Democracy Self-government Political theory

Speaker

Harry Truman

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Harry Truman Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Truman, Harry S. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1949, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.