The big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with hail and thunder.

Quote by Dag Hammarskjold

Topics: Communism Quotes

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can...

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can...

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor...

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor...

Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?

Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put...

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put...

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who...

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who...

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the...

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the...

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an...

The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an...

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential...

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential...

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity -...

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity -...

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

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