#communist

Bulgaria is fascinating. Because it had been a Communist country until the mid-80s, so it had just recently transitioned. And there were still the police towers on the street corners, where they look down - they were still there, although no one was in them. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#because #been #bulgaria #communist #corners

I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long been separated and which I had grown to dislike and distrust. ↗

— Edward Dmytryk

#being #believed #career #communist #communist party

I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines. ↗

— Edward Dmytryk

#communist #communists #i #lines #meeting

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. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#communist #east #emotions #inspires #religion

When I consider what it was that moved me to join the Communist Party, I have to cast my mind back for more than a quarter of a century to try and ascertain what precisely my motives at that time were. ↗

— Bram Fischer

#back #cast #century #communist #communist party

The Communists were interested in getting into key positions as union officers, statisticians, economists, etc., in order to utilize the apparatus of the unions to promote the cause of revolution. ↗

— John T. Flynn

#cause #communists #economists #etc #getting

You know, 20 years... the films of television when it started, the literature, radio in communist countries, they're clean as a whistle; there was no violence, no sex, no drugs, nothing. ↗

— Milos Forman

#communist #countries #films #know #literature

I joined the Communist Party because I felt I had to be in some organization. ↗

— Klaus Fuchs

#communist #communist party #felt #had #i

When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is trying to marginalize the peace movement. ↗

— Janeane Garofalo

#better off #communist #marginalize #media #movement

I grew up pretty much prevented from knowing anything from Communist China except that they were the bad guys that stole our country. ↗

— Ang Lee

#bad #bad guys #china #communist #country