“Social Democracy objectively represents the moderate wing of Fascism.” - J. V. Stalin

“Women hold up half of the sky.” - Mao Zedong (though a more or less common saying attributed to many)

“Civilize the mind but make savage the body” - Mao Zedong

“Socialism or barbarism.” - K. Kautsky

“Poor countries aren’t underdeveloped, they are overexploited.” - Prof. Dr. M. Parenti.

“Who has been saved by the United States?” - Fidel Castro

“We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.” - Dr. K. Marx


But i also like more jokey ones ;

“The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.” - Julius Nyerere

“Trotsky has sent in a silly letter. We shall neither print it nor reply to him.” - V. I. Lenin

“Stalin shouldn’t have stopped at Berlin.” - unknown

“If you don’t steal from your boss, you’re stealing from your family.” - unknown

“It’s [date] and Stalin saved the world from fascism” - unknown

  • jackal [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 years ago

    Always thought this line from the manifesto was banger

    All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.

    • CTHlurker [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 years ago

      This one in particular is good if the person you’re speaking to is religious. I used a simplified version to explain my disgust for Saudi Arabia very quickly, and in particular what they have done in Mecca with all their grand luxury hotels around the Kabaah.