Quotes about Communism

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I have seen Christians in Communist prisons with fifty pounds of chains on their feet, tortured with red-hot iron pokers, in whose throats spoonfuls of salt had been forced, being kept afterward without water, starving, whipped, suffering from cold —and praying with fervor for the Communists. This is humanly inexplicable! It is the love of Christ, which was poured out in our hearts.

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities and powers of evil. We saw that communism is not from men but from the devil. It is a spiritual force—a force of evil—and can only be countered by a greater spiritual force, the Spirit of God.

I hate the Communist system but I love the men. I hate the sin but I love the sinner.

It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching, so we accepted their [the communists' ] terms. It was a deal; we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching. They were happy beating us, so everyone was happy.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over.

As a result, socialism and communism, in particular, use government to suppress religion to such a degree as to leave the one true God out entirely.

A true believer may spend a sleepless night doubting God. But what keeps a Communist awake at night is his fear there is a God. His wishful thinking is that God does not exist. For if there is no God, there is no Judge and, therefore, no judgment for his wickedness. But if there is a God, he knows he will not fare well before him. Or that God will make demands on him he does not wish to fulfill.

Anyone who does not want communism-and none of us do-should take socialism seriously.

I regard anticommunism as a matter of principle an evil even greater than communism itself.

Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.