Communism quotes

77 communism quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines
  • “- Gen. Midwinter: Did you know for example, that the air in the East Coast of America is polluted by the reds? Oh, you might look at me, but boy, I tell you and I know that the air in Texas is the only truly wholesome air in this world. That is why I have not been out of Texas in twenty five years. I don't like the air in other places.
    - Harry...” (continue)
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    Ed Begley - Gen. Midwinter
    Sir Michael Caine - Harry Palmer
    [Tag:air, communism, survival]
  • “- Botanist: If you were a communist how could you be king?
    - Learoyd: Only a communist would think of it.”

    Nigel Havers - Botanist
    Nick Nolte - Learoyd
    [Tag:communism, king]
  • “You know what? I will tell you, I love your country! No more communism, no rules of any kind, really. I'm filling my suitcase with steroids and art from ancient Mesopotamia, ran over an old woman yesterday, best vacation I ever had!”
    Steve Carrell - Maxwell Smart
    [Tag:communism, country, illegality]
  • “- Pete Curtis: You really think Sukarno's going to let the commies have their own little private army?
    - Guy Hamilton: That's what Aidit says.
    - Pete Curtis: Aidit's lying.
    - Guy Hamilton: Maybe.
    - Pete Curtis: Then why report it?
    - Guy Hamilton: Maybe he's not lying.”

    Michael Murphy - Pete Curtis
    Mel Gibson - Guy Hamilton
    [Tag:communism, journalism, lies]
  • “- Congressman Starnes: You are quoting from this Marlowe. Is he a communist?
    - Hallie Flanagan: I am very sorry. I was quoting from Christopher Marlowe.
    - Congressman Starnes: Tell us who Marlowe is, so we can get the proper reference, because that is all we want to do.
    - Hallie Flanagan: Put in the record that he was the greatest dramatist in...” (continue)
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    Gil Robbins - Congressman Starnes
    Cherry Jones - Hallie Flanagan
    [Tag:communism, literature, politicians]
  • “- Mame Dennis: Well, now, uh, read me all the words you don't understand.
    - Patrick Dennis: Libido, inferiority complex, stinko, blotto, free love, bathtub gin, monkey glands, Karl Marx... is he one of the Marx Brothers?”

    Rosalind Russell - Mame Dennis
    Jan Handzlik - Patrick Dennis
    [Tag:communism, reading, words]
  • “Boom. Dead. Comunista.”
    William Marquez - Chief Padilla, Guatemala
    [Tag:communism]
  • “The Prince of Darkness is upon the land. Now in the Bible his name is Beezlebub, Lord of the Flies. Right now on Earth today his name is Bolshevist! Socialist! Communist! Union man! Lord of untruth, sower of evil seed, enemy of all that is good and pure and this creature walks among us.”
    John Sayles - Hardshell Preacher
    [Tag:communism, evil, socialism]
  • “Your Commie has no regard for human life. Not even his own.”
    Sterling Hayden - Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper
    [Tag:communism, cruelty]
  • “We went to Vietnam to stop communism!... We shell women and children!”
    Tom Cruise - Ron Kovic
    [Tag:communism, killing]
  • “This is a free country, you can be a communist if you want to be a communist!”

    Laurie Holden - Adele Stanton
    [Tag:communism, country, freedom]
  • “He says I'm a communist. In fact, this very moment, some grey little FBI guy, in a grey little FBI suit, is hunched over my screenplay, checking it, line by line, for the poisonous Marxist propaganda which surely lurks therein. Hope they check the spelling. I can always use help with that.”
    Jim Carrey - Peter Appleton
    [Tag:accusation, communism, mistrust]
  • “You hurt his feelings. It was just like telling a musician that you don't like music. Why that good old man believes in food just as you believe in Karl Marx.”

    Melvyn Douglas - Count Leon d'Algout
    [Tag:communism, food]
  • “You a communist? Huh? How'd you like it, man? They tell you all the time what to do, what to think, what to feel. Do you wanna be like a sheep? Like all those other people? Baah! Baah!”
    Al Pacino - Tony Montana
    [Tag:communism]
  • “When capitalism gets f - -ed up, the communists come back. They're waiting in the bushes. First thing they do is shoot the lawyers.”
    Danny DeVito - Lawrence Garfield
    [Tag:capitalism, communism, lawyers]
  • “Well, boys, this is it. Nuclear combat, toe to toe with the Rooskies.”
    Slim Pickens - Maj. 'King' Kong
    [Tag:atomic bomb, communism, war]
  • “The red zone is for communist parking only!”

    [Tag:communism]
  • “Most people believe that the 20th century was a death struggle between Communism and Capitalism, and that Fascism was but a hiccup. But today we know better. Communism was a fool's errand. The followers of Marx are gone from this earth, but the followers of Hitler abound and thrive.”
    Alan Bates - Dressler
    [Tag:capitalism, communism, nazism]
  • “You let them close down the universities, you let them wipe out the best minds in the countries, you let them kill whoever they want, you let them wipe out the Catholic Church, you let them do it all because they aren't Commies! And that, Colonel, is bullshit!”

    James Woods - Richard Boyle
    [Tag:communism, crime, responsibility]
  • “- Ted: There's a lot of anti-NATO feeling here.
    - Fred: Anti what?
    - Ted: Anti-NATO.
    - Fred: Anti-NATO?
    - Ted: Yeah. Well, actually here it's OTAN.
    - Fred: They're against OTAN? What are they for? Soviet troops racing across Europe, eating all the croissants?”

    Taylor Nichols - Ted Boynton
    Chris Eigeman - Fred Boynton
    [Tag:alliance, communism, opinions]
  • “- Diego Rivera: You're a piece of work. A Jewish fascist!
    - Margherita Sarfatti: And you, a wealthy communist!”

    Rubén Blades - Diego Rivera
    Susan Sarandon - Margherita Sarfatti
    [Tag:communism, fascism, insult]
  • “Señor, there are no death squads in El Salvador. The outrage of the people against the Communist threat cannot be stopped, or organized, by anyone.”
    Tony Plana - Major Max
    [Tag:communism, opposition]
  • “- Basil Exposition: Austin, the Cold War is over!
    - Austin Powers: Finally those capitalist pigs will pay for their crimes, eh? Eh comrades? Eh?
    - Basil Exposition: Austin... we won.
    - Austin Powers: Oh, smashing, groovy, yay capitalism!”

    Michael York - Basil Exposition
    Mike Myers - Austin Powers
    [Tag:communism, war, winning]
  • “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.”
    Sterling Hayden - Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper
    [Tag:communism]
  • “- Bud: Credit is a sacred trust, it's what our free society is founded on. Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia? I said, do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia?
    - Otto: They don't pay bills in Russia, it's all free.
    - Bud: All free? Free my ass. What are you, a fuckin' commie? Huh?
    - Otto: No, I ain't no...” (continue)
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    Harry Dean Stanton - Bud
    Emilio Estevez - Otto
    [Tag:communism, russians, taxes]
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